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09-04-2008, 09:24 PM

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Originally Posted by SSJup81 View Post
I thought "suru" was more like "to do" and "dekiru" meant more so along the lines of "to be able to" or "can do".
That's what I meant. My teacher made a point that the Japanese don't have a potential form for 'shimasu', so they use 'dekimasu' instead.
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