potential

Form

potential

Level

N4

Used for

Expressing ability or possibility to do an action.

Rule

Ichidan: Drop る and add られる (or れる in casual/newspaper style). Godan: Change the final u-row sound to the e-row and add る. Irregular: する -> できる, くる -> こられる.

Worked examples

食べる -> 食べられる, 書く -> 書ける, する -> できる

Exceptions

Potential verbs always conjugate as Ichidan verbs.

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