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"Please believe me, I can solve it."
Translation:请相信我，我可以解决。
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Why cant you say qing xiangxin wo, wo you banfa jiejue. Doesnt that mean the same thing..as in have a method to solve the issue?
Your sentence definitely makes sense but doesn't fit what Duo is looking for here. It's just the difference between "I can solve it" (you might not know how yet) and "I have a way to solve it" (you know how to solve it). The latter has more conviction.
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我可以解决 is a reminder that just because the rules for transitive verbs in English require us to have an externally expressed direct object, as here with 'solve IT,' the corresponding verb in another language may either not be obligatorily transitive, or be transitive, but the rules of the language, permit the object simply to be implied.
I don't understand why "可以" is used here instead of "會", which is rejected. This sentence seems to be talking about an innate ability like being able to speak a language, which uses "會".
I think 會 is more about something you've learned (like a language). I thought it should be 能 in this sentence.
In retrospect, I think "可以" is used here because this sentence is supposed to involve the concept of "permission", but the permission aspect is lost in translation. A more accurate translation would be "Please believe me. I can solve it (if you let me)."
The "can" in the vague English reference sentence "I can solve it." could be translated to any of "會", "可以", or "能", I think.
可能 means maybe. Personally I think both "可" & "能" would work by themselves but not as a pair.
You do not need the second 我，in most cases the sentence will be abbreviated to 请相信我可以解决
Does "可以" in this context imply permission or authority from the speaker's boss? As in "I can take care of this, there's no need to call the manager."
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Not necessarily. “可以” can be used in any situations, in this case it means "capable of", so it could be that you're trying to solve a math problem.
