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  2. /Indicating ability with the potential form
  3. /watashi wa kono hanashi ga shinjiraremasen.

watashi wa kono hanashi ga shinjiraremasen.

私わたし は この 話はなし が 信しんじられません。watashi wa kono hanashi ga shinjiraremasen.
I cannot believe this story.
watashi wa kono hanashi ga shinjiraremasen.
From Lesson 122:Indicating ability with the potential form·Japanese

Breakdown of watashi wa kono hanashi ga shinjiraremasen.

私わたしwatashi
I
はwa
topic particle
がga
subject particle
このkono
this ... adnominal
信しんじるshinjiru
to believe; to trust
話はなしhanashi
story; talk
〜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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