Monday, October 8, 2018

grammar - できる vs ~えます form for "can", "able to"



A couple of days ago I tried to express "I can ..." where "..." was some some verb or verb phrase.



I used the ~て form of the ... verb followed by 出来ます but was told instead to change the form of the ... verb from ~います to ~えます.


So now it seems to me that both 出来る and ~えます can have similar functions. What is the real difference and how can I know which to use when?




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