In this lesson, I will explain more about potential verbs.

Potential verbs themselves conjugate as regular Ru-verbs.

Ex) よめる(Potential verb of よむ, read)

Polite Forms:

-Present affirmative: よめます

-Present negative: よめません

-Past affirmative: よめました

-Past negative: よめませんでした

Plain Forms:

-Present affirmative: よめる

-Present negative: よめない

-Past affirmative: よめた

-Past negative: よめなかった

Te-forms:よめて

Ex) たべられる(Potential verb of たべる, eat)

Polite Forms:

-Present affirmative: たべられます

-Present negative: たべられません

-Past affirmative: たべられました

-Past negative: たべられませんでした

Plain Forms:

-Present affirmative: たべられる

-Present negative: たべられない

-Past affirmative: たべられた

-Past negative: たべられなかった

Te-forms:たべられて

わたし　は　にほんご　が　はなせます。

I can speak Japanese.

*はなせます is present affirmative in polite forms of はなせる, which is the potential verb of はなす, speak.

わたし　は　かんじ　が　よめません。

I cannot read Kanji.

*よめません is present negative in polite forms of よめる, which is the potential verb of よむ, read.

けが　を　しているので　うごけません。

Because I'm injured, I cannot move.

*うごけません is present negative in polite forms of うごける, which is the potential verb of うごく, move.

References:

Potential Verbs #1

https://anchor.fm/yuya-sato/episodes/Potential-Verbs-1-eoqaoi

Verb Conjugation

https://anchor.fm/yuya-sato/episodes/Verb-Conjugation-emv716

Introduction to Plain Forms

https://anchor.fm/yuya-sato/episodes/Introduction-to-Plain-Forms-enp0g3

Te-forms

https://anchor.fm/yuya-sato/episodes/Te-forms-enfaqj

How to explain the reason using ので

https://anchor.fm/yuya-sato/episodes/How-to-explain-the-reason-using-eons27

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