İngilizce ' de ‘yapabilmek’ fiilinin karşılığı can, olumsuz hali de can’t dır.
Can ve can’t fiilden önce gelerek, öznenin fiili yapabildiğini veya yapamadığını belirtir.
- I can speak English, but I can’t speak Italian.
- My sister can play the piano, but I can’t.(=I can’t play the piano)
- I can dance but I can’t sing.
- He is a baby, he can’t talk.
-->Aşağıdaki örneklerde can izin verme/isteme,can’t ise izin vermemek anlamına gelir.
- Can you help me, please?
- Can I have a ticket to London?
- A: Can I go out?
- B : No you can’t. You have homework.
- You can’t smoke here.
- You can’t take photographs in the museum.
question form(?)
A: Can you swimm?
B: Yes I can, but I can’t swimm in the deep sea.
A: Can you speak Italian?
B: No, I can’t, but I can speak French.