〜ができます
- Pattern
- 〜ができます
- Level
- N5
- Reading
- 〜ができます
- Meaning
- can do; is completed/made; be able to
- Attaches to
- Noun (for skill/ability or object made)
- Nuance & register
Indicates ability (often with languages/skills) or something being completed/built.
- Example
私は日本語が少しできます。
- Easily confused with
〜ことができる (〜ことができる uses a verb + こと. 〜ができます is used with nouns, implying an existing skill or something being 'possible/completed' with a noun object.)