Verb + 得了 / 不了 (can / can't manage) · Verbo + 得了 / 不了 (pode / não pode gerenciar)
Ask whether someone can manage the quantity
- A meal is too large for one person to finish.
- 这么多，我吃不了。 — The speaker cannot manage eating this quantity.
Ask whether someone can manage the quantity
- A meal is too large for one person to finish.
- so much这么many多，I / me我variant of 吃吃(as a resultative verb…不了。 — The speaker cannot manage eating this quantity.
A meal is too large for one person to finish. What does 这么多，我吃不了。 communicate?
The speaker cannot manage eating this quantity. Here 了 is read liǎo, unlike aspectual le. 来得了 can mean being able to attend, so the form is not only about finishing a physical object.
Build the form
- The pattern in this lesson is Verb + 得了 / 不了 (can / can't manage). Locate it in the original interlinear examples below.
- Keep the words in their demonstrated positions; the pattern must fit the intended situation as well as the sentence form.
so这么much多，I我eat吃can't manage不了。
Build the form
- The pattern in this lesson is Verb + (degree marker)得(completed / change)了 / (as a resultative verb…不了 (can / can't manage). Locate it in the original interlinear examples below.
- Keep the words in their demonstrated positions; the pattern must fit the intended situation as well as the sentence form.
so这么much多，I我eat吃can't manage不了。
Using the lesson pattern in this demonstrated example: I can't finish this much: 这么多，我吃 ____。
Verb + 不了 = can't manage: 吃不了. · Verbo + 不了 = não consegue gerenciar: 吃不了.
Read examples in context
- In the opening example, 这么多，我吃不了。: The speaker cannot manage eating this quantity.
- Explain who acts, what is described and which time or group is relevant before choosing an English paraphrase.
Read examples in context
- In the opening example, so much这么many多，I / me我variant of 吃吃(as a resultative verb…不了。: The speaker cannot manage eating this quantity.
- Explain who acts, what is described and which time or group is relevant before choosing an English paraphrase.
How is 了 read in 吃不了? · Como se lê 了 em 吃不了?
Here 了 = liǎo (can / manage), not the particle le. · Aqui 了 = liǎo (pode / gerenciar), não a partícula le.
Know the boundary
- Here 了 is read liǎo, unlike aspectual le.
- 来得了 can mean being able to attend, so the form is not only about finishing a physical object.
Know the boundary
- Here (completed / change)了 is read liǎo, unlike aspectual le.
- to emerge (from a…来得(completed / change)了 can mean being able to attend, so the form is not only about finishing a physical object.
得了 means you CAN manage it. · 得了 significa que você PODE gerenciá-lo.
得了 indicates being able to manage the action in this frame. 来得了 can mean being able to attend, not finishing a visit.
The 了 in 吃不了 is the neutral-tone completion particle le.
Here 了 is read liǎo, unlike aspectual le. 来得了 can mean being able to attend, so the form is not only about finishing a physical object. The speaker cannot manage eating this quantity.
Use the distinction
- The speaker cannot manage eating this quantity.
- Here 了 is read liǎo, unlike aspectual le. 来得了 can mean being able to attend, so the form is not only about finishing a physical object.
Read the full reference: HSK 5 grammar — Complements.
Use the distinction
- The speaker cannot manage eating this quantity.
- Here (completed / change)了 is read liǎo, unlike aspectual le. to emerge (from a…来得(completed / change)了 can mean being able to attend, so the form is not only about finishing a physical object.
Read the full reference: HSK 5 grammar — Complements.