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Preference, ability or skill with のが - potential or regular?

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Starhowl
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Preference, ability or skill with のが - potential or regular?

Postby Starhowl » October 5th, 2015 7:35 am

I am supposed to form this sentence into one of preference, ability or skill with のが.
この ケーキ、 田中さんが 作ったんです。

It's just that I'm wondering if this is supposed to become either
わたしは、作るのが上手ですね。
or
わたしは、作れるのが上手です。
?

community.japanese
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Re: Preference, ability or skill with のが - potential or regular?

Postby community.japanese » October 7th, 2015 5:15 am

Starhowl san,
こんにちは。 :)
わたしは、作るのが上手ですね is grammatically correct.
Unfortunately わたしは、作れるのが上手です is not.
However, わたしは、作るのが上手ですね indicates being proud of yourself too much so Japanese native speakers hardly use it.
Then I don’t recommend you to say that.
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