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If 食べれる means "can eat", 食べれます means the same but polite, and 食べれません means "can not eat" but in its polite form, how do I say "can not eat" in the nonpolite form?



Another little question: how can I say "can be". For example, "I can be that person".






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    The "normal" polite can form is 食べられます . 食べれます is a ら抜き variant form.
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If 食べれる means "can eat", 食べれます means the same but polite, and 食べれません means "can not eat" but in its polite form, how do I say "can not eat" in the nonpolite form?



Another little question: how can I say "can be". For example, "I can be that person".






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    The "normal" polite can form is 食べられます . 食べれます is a ら抜き variant form.
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If 食べれる means "can eat", 食べれます means the same but polite, and 食べれません means "can not eat" but in its polite form, how do I say "can not eat" in the nonpolite form?



Another little question: how can I say "can be". For example, "I can be that person".






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If 食べれる means "can eat", 食べれます means the same but polite, and 食べれません means "can not eat" but in its polite form, how do I say "can not eat" in the nonpolite form?



Another little question: how can I say "can be". For example, "I can be that person".






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    The "normal" polite can form is 食べられます . 食べれます is a ら抜き variant form.
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    The "normal" polite can form is 食べられます . 食べれます is a ら抜き variant form.
    – virmaior
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The "normal" polite can form is 食べられます . 食べれます is a ら抜き variant form.
– virmaior
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The "normal" polite can form is 食べられます . 食べれます is a ら抜き variant form.
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First of all, it should be 食べられる rather than 食べれる, although the latter form is used. See this link.



Once you have conjugated a verb into the potential form it behaves just like any other iru-eru/group 1 (whatever you want to call it) verb.



As you probably already know, to make a group 1 verb negative you just remove る and replace it with ない. So we get 食べられない.



Furthermore, ない just behaves like an i-adjective so you can get the past tense exactly as you would expect: 食べられなかった. Conjugation in Japanese is really logical :-)



I'm not a native speaker, but I can't think of any way to turn 'to be' into potential form. My guess is that this isn't a natural thing to do. If had to say "I can be that person" I think would use なる (become) and say:
あの人になれます。






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First of all, it should be 食べられる rather than 食べれる, although the latter form is used. See this link.



Once you have conjugated a verb into the potential form it behaves just like any other iru-eru/group 1 (whatever you want to call it) verb.



As you probably already know, to make a group 1 verb negative you just remove る and replace it with ない. So we get 食べられない.



Furthermore, ない just behaves like an i-adjective so you can get the past tense exactly as you would expect: 食べられなかった. Conjugation in Japanese is really logical :-)



I'm not a native speaker, but I can't think of any way to turn 'to be' into potential form. My guess is that this isn't a natural thing to do. If had to say "I can be that person" I think would use なる (become) and say:
あの人になれます。






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  • @Chocolate Thanks for correcting my stupid mistake.
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2
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First of all, it should be 食べられる rather than 食べれる, although the latter form is used. See this link.



Once you have conjugated a verb into the potential form it behaves just like any other iru-eru/group 1 (whatever you want to call it) verb.



As you probably already know, to make a group 1 verb negative you just remove る and replace it with ない. So we get 食べられない.



Furthermore, ない just behaves like an i-adjective so you can get the past tense exactly as you would expect: 食べられなかった. Conjugation in Japanese is really logical :-)



I'm not a native speaker, but I can't think of any way to turn 'to be' into potential form. My guess is that this isn't a natural thing to do. If had to say "I can be that person" I think would use なる (become) and say:
あの人になれます。






share|improve this answer






















  • @Chocolate Thanks for correcting my stupid mistake.
    – user3856370
    2 hours ago












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up vote
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First of all, it should be 食べられる rather than 食べれる, although the latter form is used. See this link.



Once you have conjugated a verb into the potential form it behaves just like any other iru-eru/group 1 (whatever you want to call it) verb.



As you probably already know, to make a group 1 verb negative you just remove る and replace it with ない. So we get 食べられない.



Furthermore, ない just behaves like an i-adjective so you can get the past tense exactly as you would expect: 食べられなかった. Conjugation in Japanese is really logical :-)



I'm not a native speaker, but I can't think of any way to turn 'to be' into potential form. My guess is that this isn't a natural thing to do. If had to say "I can be that person" I think would use なる (become) and say:
あの人になれます。






share|improve this answer














First of all, it should be 食べられる rather than 食べれる, although the latter form is used. See this link.



Once you have conjugated a verb into the potential form it behaves just like any other iru-eru/group 1 (whatever you want to call it) verb.



As you probably already know, to make a group 1 verb negative you just remove る and replace it with ない. So we get 食べられない.



Furthermore, ない just behaves like an i-adjective so you can get the past tense exactly as you would expect: 食べられなかった. Conjugation in Japanese is really logical :-)



I'm not a native speaker, but I can't think of any way to turn 'to be' into potential form. My guess is that this isn't a natural thing to do. If had to say "I can be that person" I think would use なる (become) and say:
あの人になれます。







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