E02
core
Speaker stance
Modality
Ability Aura
Can someone do it?
basic
Modal verb
Can
Bedeutung
A modal layer expressing skill, capability, learned ability, physical possibility, or practical capacity.
So erkennst Du es
Ask whether the sentence says someone is able to do something.
Beispiele
Wörter
can|able|know how to
Ausdrücke
can swim|able to help|know how to cook
Satz
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
Sprachansicht
In deiner Muttersprache
Deutsch
Ausprägung
strong
Bedeutung
Ability is usually expressed with können plus infinitive.
Ich kann schwimmen.
I can swim.
In Deiner Lernsprache
Englisch
Ausprägung
strong
Schwierigkeit
Englisch drückt Fähigkeit vor allem mit can/could und be able to aus.
I can swim.
can = Fähigkeit
Typische Lernhürde
Lernende setzen nach Modalverben manchmal fälschlich to oder verwechseln can und 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.