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pouvoir – to be able to, can – Verbe conjugué







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statements …. Indicatif – Indicative Mode







present tense …. présent







I am able to* …. je peux







I am not able to …. je ne peux pas







I am able to …. je peux







you are able to …. tu peux







she is able to …. elle peut







he/it is able to …. il peut







we are able to …. on peut







we are able to  …. nous pouvons







you are able to …. vous pouvez







they are able to …. elles peuvent







they are able to …. ils peuvent







*also I can… ….







imperfect …. imparfait







I used to be able to* …. je pouvais







I didn’t use to be able to …. je ne pouvais pas







I used to be able to …. je pouvais







you used to be able to …. tu pouvais







she used to be able to …. elle pouvait







he/it used to be able to …. il pouvait







we used to be able to …. on pouvait







we used to be able to …. nous pouvions







you used to be able to …. vous pouviez







they used to be able to …. elles pouvaient







they used to be able to …. ils pouvaient







*also I  was able to, I could ….







preterite, present perfect …. passé composé







I was able to* …. j’ai pu







I was not able to …. je n’ai pas pu







I was able to …. j’ai pu







you were able to …. tu as pu







she was able to …. elle a pu







he/it was able to …. il a pu







we were able to …. on a pu







we were able to  …. nous avons pu







you were able to …. vous avez pu







they were able to …. elles ont pu







they were able to …. ils ont pu







*also I could… ….







future tense …. futur simple







I will be able to …. je pourrai







I won’t be able to …. je ne pourrai pas







I will be able to …. je pourrai







you will be able to …. tu pourras







she will be able to …. elle pourra







he/it will be able to …. il pourra







we will be able to …. on pourra







we will be able to …. nous pourrons







you will be able to …. vous pourrez







they will be able to …. elles pourront







they will be able to …. ils pourront







Exercice – pouvoir







Translate from one language to the other.







* Je ne peux pas y aller avec eux.* J’ai pu le voir avant son départ.* Tu pouvais le faire avant.* Elle n’a pas pu me le dire.







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