E02
core
Speaker stance
Modality
Ability Aura
Can someone do it?
basic
Modal verb
Can
অর্থ
A modal layer expressing skill, capability, learned ability, physical possibility, or practical capacity.
কীভাবে চিনবেন
Ask whether the sentence says someone is able to do something.
উদাহরণ
শব্দ
can|able|know how to
বাক্যাংশ
can swim|able to help|know how to cook
বাক্য
She can swim.
Visual guide
Basic shape
Ability layer person + CAN + action She + can + swim = skill / capacity / possibility = action is possible for her
Compare shape
Same meaning, different tools: Modal: can swim Phrase: able to help Know-how: know how to cook Affix/particle: swim-ABLE Construction: possible to swim
ভাষাভিত্তিক ভিউ
আপনার মাতৃভাষায়
বাংলা
উপস্থিতির মাত্রা
strong
গুরুত্ব
Ability is commonly expressed with পারা plus an infinitive-like verb form.
আমি বাংলা পড়তে পারি।
I can read Bengali.
আপনি যে ভাষা শিখছেন, সেই ভাষায়
ইংরেজি
উপস্থিতির মাত্রা
strong
কঠিনতার মাত্রা
English expresses ability mainly with can/could and be able to.
I can swim.
can = ability
শিক্ষার্থীদের সাধারণ সমস্যা
Learners may add 'to' after modal verbs or confuse can and be able to.
Same block, different coding
Both languages use this block strongly, but they signal it differently. Focus on form changes, not only meaning.