Potential Form

• 彼の話を信じられません 。- I can't believe his story. 💭❌
• The verbs 見る and 聞く are special.

  Note the difference between 見られる and 見える・聞ける and 聞こえる

  1)見る ‒ see / look at

  昨日 、 面白い映画を見ました 。- I saw an interesting film yesterday.

  2)見える ‒ be able to see (ability)

  部屋の窓から 、 どこまで見えますか 。- How far can you see from your room's window?

  あんな小さい字も見えますか 。- Can you read a text that small?

  3)見える (can also mean ʻappear to beʼ when used intransitively)

  飯田さんは本当に若く見えますね! - Iida looks really young, doesn't she?(!)

  4)見られる ‒ is possible to see (possibility)

  この映画館で昔の映画が見られます 。- You can watch old films at this cinema.