Potential Form I: How to Make It
Build the potential form correctly for godan verbs, ichidan verbs, and the irregular verbs する and 来る.
How to form the potential
For ichidan verbs, replace る with られる. For godan verbs, change the final う-row sound to the え-row and add る. する becomes できる, and 来る becomes 来られる. In everyday materials, this is the standard form to learn first.
食べる → 食べられる
eat → can eat
書く → 書ける
write → can write
する → できる
do → can do
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