Potential Complement

Affirmative Form

100

What is the affirmative structure for potential complements?

Subject + verb + 得 + complement (+ object).

200

Is this sentence structure correct?

我觉得开车很容易。我开车开得好。

Yes...and no. This sentence is dramatically acceptable but it says that the driver can drive well in a particular instance rather than the driver has the potential to drive well because they find it easy to.

Negative Form

100

What is the structure for the negative form of potential complements?

subject + verb + 不 + complement (+ object ).

200

那个考试太难了。我不考完。

对还是错？

那个考试太难了。我考不完。

Translations

100

我看得清楚。

I can see clearly.

200

I cannot swim very well because I am allergic to water.

我对水过敏，所我游不好。

我游泳不好因为我对水过敏。

Answer the question

100

你写得清楚中文字吗？

我写得清楚中文字。

我写不清楚中文字。

200

我点太多了饭。你吃得完吗？

why or why not?

我吃得完，我很饿。/ 我吃不完。我中午吃了多饭。