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不了 (bùliǎo) is a very common potential complement that expresses you "can't do something." Note that the "了" here, when acting as part of a [[complement]], is read as "liǎo" and never "le."
 
 
 
== Structure ==
 
 
 
The [[potential complement]] 不了
 
 
 
It is used like this:
 
 
 
<div class="jiegou">
 
 
 
Verb + 不了
 
 
 
</div>
 
 
 
== Examples ==
 
 
 
<div class="liju">
 
 
 
* 我 去 <em>不了</em> 了。 <span class="pinyin">Wǒ qù <em>bùliǎo</em> le.</span><span class="trans">I can't go.</span>
 
 
 
</div>
 
 
 
==See also==
 
* [[Potential complement "bu xia"]]
 
* [[Potential complement "bu dong"]]
 
* [[Positive and negative potential complements]]
 
 
 
== Sources and further reading ==
 
 
 
=== Books ===
 
 
 
*[[Integrated Chinese: Level 1, Part 2 (1st ed)]] (p. 203)
 
 
 
[[Category:B1 grammar points]]
 
[[Category:Potential complement]]
 
{{Basic Grammar|不了|B1|V + 不了|我 去 <em>不了</em> 了。|grammar point|ASG06RSX}}
 
{{Rel char|不}}
 
{{Rel char|了}}
 
{{Structure|Complements}}
 
{{Used for|Expressing impossibility}}
 
{{Subprop|Potential complement}}
 

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