[RickOShay]

Originally Posted by pacerier

heys i wasn't aware of this form of conjugation. does this apply to all verbs, and how exactly is it done?

Yes it can be done to all verbs.

most are pretty straightforward like

行く＝行ける、買う＝買える、飲む＝飲める

just look at your hiragana chart and change the verb ending to the え sound and add る

a little caution. many verbs that end in る are conjugated like this...
食べる＝食べられる、変える＝変えられる

but some verbs that end in　る also simply just conjugate to the え sound plus る like 帰る＝帰れる how does one tell the difference between which verbs in dictionary form that end in る　use the え pattern and which use the られる　pattern...？ I dunno.. I would always just pay attention to the past tense of verbs .. you can tell that 食べる changes to 食べられる because the past tense of 食べる is 食べた.. whereas, you know that 　帰る is 帰れる, because the past tense is 帰った。

Or even you can look at the ます form of the verbs to know.. 食べる＝食べます
帰る＝帰ります。

It might seem confusing now, but with the right amount of memorizing and practicing and it will be nothing to you in no time.

I do not know where you are at right now but if you are a beginner, i suggest when you learn a new verb concentrate on its present tense polite forms, past tense conjugation in both polite and plain forms, negative conjugation in both plain and polite, てーform (request form), and potential form (what we are talking about)