Japanese Grammar Practice

にほんご文法 ぶんぽうれんしゅう

Can できる

Grammar Practice

Let’s practice Japanese grammar by composing a Japanese sentence after reading an English script!

The goal is to understand the overall sentence patterns for the target grammar by making a sentence over and over. Do Not try too hard to think about the grammatical rules that you learned from a textbook. 

With that in mind, Let’s enjoy learning!

Practice

Try to create a Japanese sentence shortly after reading an English script. If you cannot come up with any words, just look at an answer and try it again later.

1.

I can speak Japanese.

わたし日本語にほんごはなすことができます。

watashi wa nihongo wo hanasu kotoga dekimasu.

2.

I can’t speak Japanese.

わたし日本語にほんごはなすことができません。

watashi wa nihongo wo hanasu kotoga dekimasen.

3.

I can cook.

わたし料理りょうりができます。

watashi wa ryouri ga dekimasu.

4.

I can’t drink a coffee.

わたしはコーヒーをむことができません。

watashi wa kōhī wo nomu kotoga dekimasen.

5.

Can you play soccer?

サッカーをすることができますか?

sakkā wo suru kotoga dekimasuka?

6.

Yes, I can.

はい、できます。

hai, dekimasu.

7.

No, I can’t.

いいえ、できません。

iie, dekimasen.

8.

She can play a piano.

彼女かのじょはピアノをくことができます。

kanojo wa piano wo hiku kotoga dekimasu.

9.

Can he read English?

かれ英語えいごむことができますか?

kare wa eigo wo yomu kotoga dekimasuka?

10.

Can you drive?

あなたは運転うんてんをすることができますか?

anata wa unten wo suru kotoga dekimasuka?

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Japanese English

わたし日本語にほんごはなすことができます。
(watashi wa nihongo wo hanasu kotoga dekimasu.)

I can speak Japanese.

わたし日本語にほんごはなすことができません。
(watashi wa nihongo wo hanasu kotoga dekimasen.)

I can’t speak Japanese.

わたし料理りょうりができます。
(watashi wa ryouri ga dekimasu.)

I can cook.

わたしはコーヒーをむことができません。
(watashi wa kōhī wo nomu kotoga dekimasen.)

I can’t drink a coffee.

サッカーをすることができますか?
(sakkā wo suru kotoga dekimasuka?)

Can you play soccer?

はい、できます。
(hai, dekimasu.)

Yes, I can.

いいえ、できません。
(iie, dekimasen.)

No, I can’t.

彼女かのじょはピアノをくことができます。
(kanojo wa piano wo hiku kotoga dekimasu.)

She can play a piano.

かれ英語えいごむことができますか?
(kare wa eigo wo yomu kotoga dekimasuka?)

Can he read English?

あなたは運転うんてんをすることができますか?
(anata wa unten wo suru kotoga dekimasuka?)

Can you drive?

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