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Originally Posted by RobinMask
I'm having some trouble with two verbs and how to express them in their potential forms, and wondered if someone can explain things to me?
My textbook says that Regular I verbs change the final う sound into a える to create the potential. Whereas Regular II verbs change the final る into a られる.
I understand this rule pretty well and it's exceptions with irregular verbs, and in the excercise (changing verbs into their potential forms to create questions) I had very nearly full marks. Where I struggled was with two verbs: つくる and のる.
My textbook gave me as answers for these the potential forms of つくれます and のれます . . . my question is, why have they dropped the ら sound from these two verbs?
Thanks in advance to anyone who can help.
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Because they're not Regular II verbs, and they're not irregular. Who told you such hogwash?
Adopting your terminology (I've never heard of "regular I" and "regular II" but I can deduce what they mean), 100% of regular II verbs end in an eru or iru (but not all that end in eru/iru are regular II).
Basically think of it this way: if you drop the る and add ります for polite form, it's a Regular I. If you drop the る and add ます it's a Regular II. Surely you know this. If you don't, you should not be learning potential form, as this is basically the most basic, fundamental thing you should be learning in Japanese.