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  2. /Indicating ability with the potential form
  3. /konban yorugohan ga tsukuremasen.

konban yorugohan ga tsukuremasen.

こんばん 夜よるご飯はん が 作つくれません。konban yorugohan ga tsukuremasen.
I cannot make dinner tonight.
konban yorugohan ga tsukuremasen.

Breakdown of konban yorugohan ga tsukuremasen.

がga
subject particle
今こん晩ばんkonban
tonight, this evening
夜よるご飯はんyorugohan
dinner
作つくるtsukuru
make
〜える; 〜られる〜eru; 〜rareru
potential form

For verbs in Group 1, change the final う-sound into an え-sound, and add -る as ending.

For verbs in Group 2, change the -る ending into -られる.

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