E02
core
Speaker stance
Modality
Ability Aura
Can someone do it?
basic
Modal verb
Can
معنا
A modal layer expressing skill, capability, learned ability, physical possibility, or practical capacity.
چطور آن را تشخیص دهید
Ask whether the sentence says someone is able to do something.
نمونهها
واژهها
can|able|know how to
عبارتها
can swim|able to help|know how to cook
جمله
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
نمای زبان
در زبان مادری شما
فارسی
میزان حضور
strong
اهمیت
Ability commonly uses توانستن plus a following verb form.
میتوانم بروم.
can-I go-SUBJ.
در زبانی که یاد میگیرید
انگلیسی
میزان حضور
strong
دشواری
English expresses ability mainly with can/could and be able to.
I can swim.
can = ability
چالش رایج زبانآموزان
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.