Potential Verbs #2

In this lesson, I will explain more about potential verbs.
Potential verbs themselves conjugate as regular Ru-verbs.

<Conjugation of potential verbs>
Ex) よめる(Potential verb of よむ, read)
Polite Forms:
-Present affirmative: よめます
-Present negative: よめません
-Past affirmative: よめました
-Past negative: よめませんでした

Plain Forms:
-Present affirmative: よめる
-Present negative: よめない
-Past affirmative: よめた
-Past negative: よめなかった

Te-forms:よめて

Ex) たべられる(Potential verb of たべる, eat)
Polite Forms:
-Present affirmative: たべられます
-Present negative: たべられません
-Past affirmative: たべられました
-Past negative: たべられませんでした

Plain Forms:
-Present affirmative: たべられる
-Present negative: たべられない
-Past affirmative: たべられた
-Past negative: たべられなかった

Te-forms:たべられて

<Example Sentences>
わたし　は　にほんご　が　はなせます。
I can speak Japanese.
*はなせます is present affirmative in polite forms of はなせる, which is the potential verb of はなす, speak.

わたし　は　かんじ　が　よめません。
I cannot read Kanji.
*よめません is present negative in polite forms of よめる, which is the potential verb of よむ, read.

けが　を　しているので　うごけません。
Because I'm injured, I cannot move.
*うごけません is present negative in polite forms of うごける, which is the potential verb of うごく, move.

References:
Potential Verbs #1
https://anchor.fm/yuya-sato/episodes/Potential-Verbs-1-eoqaoi

Verb Conjugation
https://anchor.fm/yuya-sato/episodes/Verb-Conjugation-emv716

Introduction to Plain Forms
https://anchor.fm/yuya-sato/episodes/Introduction-to-Plain-Forms-enp0g3

Te-forms
https://anchor.fm/yuya-sato/episodes/Te-forms-enfaqj

How to explain the reason using ので
https://anchor.fm/yuya-sato/episodes/How-to-explain-the-reason-using-eons27

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