〜られる(可能)
〜られる(可能) means can do (potential form). It is a JLPT N4 grammar point. This is the potential form of a verb and means that something can be done. Forms like 「食べられる」 and 「見られる」 express possibility or ability, and 「が」 is often used before them instead of 「を」.
Japanese sources describe it as 「可能を表す」.
〜られる(可能) examples
私は辛い料理が食べられます。
I can eat spicy food.
ここから海が見られます。
You can see the sea from here.
〜られる(可能) exercises
Pick what belongs in the parentheses. The answer is marked below.
私は納豆が( )。
- 食べられます ✓
- 食べます
- 食べています
- 食べたいです
I can eat natto.
この窓から山が( )。
- 見ます
- 見られます ✓
- 見せます
- 見ています
You can see the mountain from this window.
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