E02
core
Speaker stance
Modality
Ability Aura
Can someone do it?
basic
Modal verb
Can
Significato
A modal layer expressing skill, capability, learned ability, physical possibility, or practical capacity.
Come riconoscerlo
Ask whether the sentence says someone is able to do something.
Esempi
Parole
can|able|know how to
Frasi brevi
can swim|able to help|know how to cook
Frase
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
Panoramica per lingua
Nella tua lingua madre
Italiano
Presenza
strong
Importanza
Ability uses potere or sapere depending on possibility versus learned skill.
Sa nuotare.
She can swim.
Nella tua lingua di studio
Inglese
Presenza
strong
Difficoltà
L’inglese esprime la capacità soprattutto con can/could e be able to.
I can swim.
can = capacità
Difficoltà tipica di chi impara
Chi impara può aggiungere to dopo un modale, per esempio can to swim, oppure confondere can e 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.