E02
core
Speaker stance
Modality
Ability Aura
Can someone do it?
basic
Modal verb
Can
معنی
A modal layer expressing skill, capability, learned ability, physical possibility, or practical capacity.
اسے کیسے پہچانیں
Ask whether the sentence says someone is able to do something.
مثالیں
الفاظ
can|able|know how to
فقرے
can swim|able to help|know how to cook
جملہ
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
زبان کا جائزہ
آپ کی مادری زبان میں
اردو
موجودگی
strong
اہمیت
Ability is commonly expressed with سکنا after an infinitive/verb stem pattern.
میں اردو پڑھ سکتا ہوں۔
I Urdu read can am.
آپ کی سیکھی جانے والی زبان میں
انگریزی
موجودگی
strong
مشکل کی سطح
English expresses ability mainly with can/could and be able to.
I can swim.
can = ability
سیکھنے والوں کا عام مسئلہ
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.