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1課 可能・能力
Ability — ability form, 見える/聞こえる, ことができる
1課

〜(ら)れる(能力可能)

接続:Ⅰ類: 〜れる/Ⅱ類: 〜られる(食べられる)/Ⅲ類: できる・来られる
Having the ability to do things — use the ability form to talk about your own abilities. The object carries が.
注意 / Note:Distinguished from the passive voice of the same form 〜られる in Ⅱ類. Recognition by auxiliary words: ability to use が, passive to use を・に.
比較 / Compare:漢字が読められる → false. 漢字が読める(Ⅰ類)/ごはんが食べられる(Ⅱ類).
よく出る形 / Common form:Nは Nが V(ら)れます。
ミラーさんは漢字が読めます。
Mr. Miller can read Chinese characters.
わたしは辛いものが食べられません。
I can't eat spicy food.
日本語で電話がかけられるようになりました。
I can make calls in Japanese.

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