✨ Basic Meaning
🎯 Primary Function
📋 Grammar Structure
🎭 Usage Contexts
Used frequently in speeches, presentations, and written documents as it sounds slightly more formal than the potential form.
Common, though the potential form (e.g., 飲める) is often preferred for brevity.
Extremely common in textbooks, manuals, and formal writing.
Very common in both polite and casual speech.
💡 Common Applications
📌 Important Points
⚠️ Common Mistakes
🏛️ Cultural Context
🔍 Subtle Differences
📝 Conjugation Notes
The ‘dekiru’ part can be conjugated into any tense or politeness level: dekimasu (polite), dekinai (casual negative), dekimasen deshita (polite past negative), etc.
🔊 Pronunciation Tips
Ensure the ‘ga’ particle is soft and doesn’t disrupt the flow between ‘koto’ and ‘dekiru’.
🧠 Memory Tips
Think of ‘koto’ as ‘the thing’ and ‘ga dekiru’ as ‘is possible’. So, ‘Hanasu koto ga dekiru’ literally means ‘The thing of speaking is possible’.
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