N が + 可能形 (N ga + kanoukei) — を becomes が with the potential form
When you use the potential form, the object particle を usually changes to が.
Formula (सूत्र ढाँचा)
Grammar rule (व्याकरण नियम र परिभाषा)
Meaning
- With the potential form, を usually changes to が: 日本語が 話せます.
- The reason is simple — the potential form shows ability rather than an action, and what the ability is about is marked with が.
How to attach
- Important: only を and が change.
- Particles like に・で・へ・から stay as they are — 一人で 行けます, 友達に 会えます.
Versus what you know
N5With a normal verb the object takes を: 日本語を 話します.
Watch out
You will also hear を and it is not wrong, but が is the standard and the test expects が.
Examples (उदाहरणहरू)
日本語が 少し 話せます。
にほんごが すこし はなせます。
I can speak a little Japanese.
漢字が 読めません。
かんじが よめません。
I cannot read kanji.
一人で 病院へ 行けますか。
ひとりで びょういんへ いけますか。
Can you go to the hospital alone?
Knowledge check (मिनी ज्ञान जाँच)
Which is the standard way to put 「車を 運転します」into the potential?
💡 Hint: を → が, and する → できる.
運転します → 運転できます, and を changes to が = 車が 運転できます.
Which is correct when 「一人で 行きます」goes into the potential form?
💡 Hint: The potential form only touches を and が.
で・に・へ・から stay as they are. Only を changes to が, so 一人で 行けます is correct.
「ひらがな 書けます」— what goes in the blank?
💡 Hint: The standard particle with the potential form.
ひらがなが 書けます. You may hear を, but が is the standard.
Your score: /3