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JLPT N5 Grammar

できる

N5Intention / Invitation

N5 · Intention / Invitation · dictionary-form verb + ことができる

can; be able to

dictionary-form verb + ことができる

ことができる means being able, allowed, or in a condition to do something.

It follows the dictionary form. In speech, potential forms like 読める are also common.

この図書館で日本語の新聞を読むことができます。

You can read Japanese newspapers at this library.

Do not say 読みことができる. Use the dictionary form 読む.

Dictionary form + こと turns the action into 'the act of doing it.'

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