(으)ㄹ 수 있다/없다

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Ability or possibility

can

A pattern to expresses when someone is able to do something or when something is possible.

Example

Some of the pattern(s) used in this grammar

The particle 가 can be added to 수 to make the sentence more emphatic.

그렇게 사랑했던 두 사람이 헤어지다니 믿을 수가 없어요.

I can't believe that the two people who loved each other so much broke up.

Used not only to express the ability to do something, but also whether a situation permits something to be done.

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