John san wa nihongo wo hanasu koto ga dekimasuДo you mean that if I do not add вЂњwatashi waвЂќ to dansu suru koto ga dekimasu/dekinai, it would be just dansu suru koto wa dekimasu/dekinai? As in any sentence that started with a verb of a sentence would just be like вЂњVerb + koto wa dekinai/dekimasuвЂќ? You always use the particle вЂњgaвЂќ instead of вЂњoвЂќ for dekiru. Most common is NerareruД¬an I say вЂњJohn san wa nihongo o dekimasuвЂќ ? Is there any difference between this and the ptnential form? IвЂ™m studying Japanese now, and we learned the potential conjugation for вЂњcanвЂќ.ДЄre they interchangable? If so, is one used more often/does one sound more natural?Д«oth are interchangeable. I could teach youвЂ¦just give a an e mail add Hi i just want to say thanks for the information in this site is very useful i couldnt find this information on the net until i get this site go on publishing lessons It means вЂ“ вЂњI will be there no matter where it isвЂќ Can you help me, please? ItвЂ™s for my english class XD Hi! I was translate from english to spanish when I realized that the song have a phrase without traduction. Wait so its wa if there is not noun and ga if there is a noun? In Japanese, most of the time a вЂњnounвЂќ is used. If noun is not being used before that, then koto wa dekimasen is used. Most of the examples that I have posted above has a вЂњnounвЂќ follow by вЂњwaвЂќ.

LOL I mean вЂњand notвЂќ instead of the German вЂњund nichtвЂќвЂ¦ o) In the lesson at the very top of this page you only write вЂњkoto gaвЂќ, never вЂњkoto waвЂќ. Why is it вЂњneru koto waвЂќ und nicht вЂњneru koto gaвЂќ? Hi Alex, should be вЂњneru koto wa dekinaiвЂќ вЂњkoto ga dekimasuвЂќ can only use verb before вЂњkotoвЂќД¬an you say вЂњWatashi wa Dansu suru koto ga dekimasuвЂќ? If you are referring to this lesson, then No. Hi, I have a question, whatВґs the exact meaning of вЂњdekiru dekinai?вЂќ Yes, you can use dekinai but вЂњwaвЂќ should be used instead of вЂњgaвЂќ Thanks a lot for making this site! Good information! So, what would you use for a sentence like вЂњkyou wa gakkou ni iku koto ga dekinaiвЂќ? I know you could say вЂњkyou wa gakkou ni ikenaiвЂќ but is it possible to use dekiru/dekinai here? I see that you use o for dekiru and wa for dekinai. (However, 'wakaru' itself sometimes means 'I can understand'.Trackback URI 40 Responses to вЂњkoto ga dekimasu вЂ“ Can do somethingвЂќ When you want to say вЂњI can understandвЂќ, use вЂњrikaiДekiruвЂќ instead. Lastly, since вЂњwakaruвЂќ is not an active verb, it doesnвЂ™t In addition to the examples above, it can also sometimes be вЂњlearnвЂќ or вЂњrealizeвЂќ. Question.) ItвЂ™s clear that вЂњwakaruвЂќ doesnвЂ™t mean only вЂњunderstandableвЂќ or вЂњunderstandвЂќ. ( What you mean is understandable.) 2) to prove a fact example) Hannin no mimoto ga wakaru (find outВ theД¬riminal's identity.) example) Mondai no kotae ga wakaru (discover the answer to the (It doesn't make sense.) example) Anata no iitai koto wa yoku wakaru. LetвЂ™s have a look at the definition of вЂњwakaruвЂќ inДЎ) to understand example) Wake ga wakaranai. ItвЂ™s possible to replace the verbs marked in pink above with Until this point, I almost used вЂњwakaruвЂќ many times, but I deliberately chose Rubin also explains it this way.ДЄlso, вЂњwakaruвЂќ has many usages. пјќ As for me/To me, Japanese is understandable. Think about it this way, it helps clarify why вЂњnihongo o wakaruвЂќ is incorrect.Д«ased on that, you might ask, вЂњHow do you interpret Or they 'are understandable.' According to his explanation, вЂњNihongo ga wakaruвЂќ literally means вЂњJapanese is clear/understandable.вЂќ When you MurakamiвЂ™s works, explains вЂњwakaruвЂќ like this in his book Making Sense of Japanese :Дon't wakaru things things themselves do wakaru : they 'are clear' Jay Rubin, who has translated many of Haruki The particles ' oвЂќ and вЂњgaвЂќ are not spoken so you canвЂ™t tell which one is omitted.

Say, вЂњNihongo wakaru?вЂќ вЂњwakaru yo.вЂќ Or you may say, вЂњkore wakatta?вЂќ вЂњwakaranai.вЂќ Is not an active verb, so we donвЂ™t say вЂњwatshi wa nihongo o wakaru.вЂќ Play tennis.) However, unlike the verbs in those examples, вЂњwakaruвЂќ

The following sentences are very basic examples These verbs are all the same type of verb? If you can, it should be easier for you to understand Japanese grammar. Likewise, вЂњaruвЂќ, вЂњiruвЂќ or вЂњtsukareruвЂќ are not active verbs The truth is that вЂњwakaruвЂќ is not an active verb. HereвЂ™s a question for you: Do you consider вЂњwakaruвЂќ to be an active verb like вЂњtaberuвЂќ, ItвЂ™s been a long time! Many of you will take the JLPT soon.

Nihongo de kurasou wo