JLPT N4 Grammar Point: 〜(られ)ます
This JLPT N4 grammar point explains how to use 〜(られ)ます correctly, with formation rules and example sentences.
Pattern
- 可能形
Explanation
Expresses capability or potentiality of a situation. Also expresses inherent capability or possibility. Used with verbs expressing intentional human behavior. In some cases, the object particle を changes to が.
Usage
Used to indicate that someone can do something, that something is possible, or that a certain state can occur.
Formation
Verb in potential form (可能形)
Examples
山田さんはピアノとバイオリンが弾けます。
やまださんはピアノとバイオリンがひけます。Mr. Yamada can play the piano and the violin.
この山から海が見られます。
このやまからうみがみられます。You can see the ocean from this mountain.