Can II たべられます、よめます

Potential form of Verbs.

Before starting this lesson, you may want to review the groups of the verbs.

Construction:　The ~u Group (group 1 verbs)
Verb Root + eru

書く kaku to write kak (verb root) kakeru able to write

漢字が書けますか？
kanji ga kakemasu ka?
Can you write kanji?

[NOTE: use が with the potential form]

Construction:　The ~ru Group (group 2 verbs)
Verb Root + rareru

食べる taberu to eat tabe (verb root) taberareru able to eat

ピーマンが食べられますか？
pi-man ga taberaremasu ka?
Can you eat green peppers?

Construction:　The irregular Group (group 3 verbs)
The two irregular verbs should be memorized:

くる こられる
する できる

パーティにこられますか？
pa-ti ni koraremasu ka?.
Can you come to the party?

NOTE: You can also easy do this with any Simple Past Verb + ことができる More...