Ability Aura
Modal verb
Can
Can someone do it?
core
basic
Speaker stance
Kahulugan
A modal layer expressing skill, capability, learned ability, physical possibility, or practical capacity.
Paano ito matukoy
Ask whether the sentence says someone is able to do something.
Mga halimbawa
Mga salita
can|able|know how to
Mga parirala
can swim|able to help|know how to cook
Pangungusap
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
Pagsusuri ayon sa wika
Sa iyong wika
Arabic (Modern Standard)
Paglitaw
strong
Kahalagahan
Ability is commonly expressed with يستطيع, يقدر, يمكنه and related patterns.
أستطيعُ أن أقرأ العربية.
I can read Arabic.
Sa wikang pinag-aaralan
German (standard)
Paglitaw
strong
Antas ng hirap
Ability is usually expressed with können plus infinitive.
Ich kann schwimmen.
I can swim.
Karaniwang hamon ng mag-aaral
Learners may forget the infinitive at the end in modal constructions.
Same block, different coding
Both languages use this block strongly, but they signal it differently. Focus on form changes, not only meaning.