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～Ｖ可能形

Can; be able to; potential verb forms

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Formation 接続

Group 1: e-row + る; group 2: remove る + られる; する→できる; 来る→来られる

Explanation 説明

Expresses ability or practical possibility. The object of a potential verb can often be marked with が; を is also possible in appropriate contexts.

Examples 例文

私わたくしは日本語にほんごの新聞しんぶんが読よめます。

I can read Japanese newspapers.
妹いもうとは一人ひとりで学校がっこうへ行いけます。

My younger sister can go to school on her own.
この店みせではカードで払はらえます。

You can pay by card at this shop.
ここでインターネットが使つかえます。

You can use the internet here.
私わたくしはまだ納豆なっとうが食たべられません。

I still cannot eat natto.

How related patterns differ 比較

The passive presents the affected participant; the potential expresses ability. The causative allows or makes another person act, and the causative passive describes being made to act. Check particles and participants as well as verb endings.

Pattern	Meaning	Example
～Ｖ可能形	Can; be able to; potential verb forms	私わたくしは日本語にほんごの新聞しんぶんが読よめます。 I can read Japanese newspapers.
～Ｖ受身	Be acted on; passive verb forms	私わたくしは母ははにほめられました。 I was praised by my mother.
～V 使役	Make or let someone do; causative	母ははは子こどもに野菜やさいを食たべさせました。 The mother made her child eat vegetables.
～Ｖ使役受身	Be made to do; causative passive	私わたくしは先生せんせいに作文さくぶんを書かかされました。 I was made to write a composition by the teacher.
しえきかたち	The causative form; make or let	赤あかちゃんがなかなか寝ねない時ときは、赤あかちゃんにクラシック音楽おんがくを聞きかせるとよく寝ねると聞きいた。 I heard that when a baby will not sleep, playing classical music for them helps them sleep well.

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