N4
Potential Form II: What You Can and Cannot Do
Apply the potential form in real situations, including rules, visibility, and personal ability.
Use the potential form in everyday contexts such as shops, schedules, and skills.Read whether the sentence means personal ability or situational possibility.Handle negative potential forms naturally.
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Personal ability
Use the potential form for things a person has learned or is physically able to do. This often appears with skills, languages, sports, and tasks.
私はまだ車を運転できません。
I still cannot drive a car.
兄は一人で料理ができます。
My older brother can cook by himself.
彼女は二十キロ泳げます。
She can swim twenty kilometers.
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