られる。。ええ。。
I'm having a bit of trouble trying to understand the difference between saying something like
読める。
読みことができる。
Could someone explain this difference?
ありがとう。
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I guess there's a slight difference, depending on what's causing the result. For example:
1. この新聞の漢字が読める。
I can read the chinese characters in this newspaper (because they are written in an easy style.)
2．この新聞の漢字を読むことができる。
I can read the chinese characters in this newspaper (because I have the ability to read them.)
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It's really all the same. The こと makes 読む a noun, so you use する like 読むこと(を)します。 which makes it 読むことできます when it comes to conditional.
My teacher once said that the 'koto' makes it longer, thus sound a wee bit more official sounding... but it's really all the same in the end.
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私は日本語が読める
私は日本語を読むことができます。
I mean, I apologise. :)
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