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POUVOIR CONJUGATION

to be able to / can

PRESENT

PronounConjugationTranslationExampleEx.
je je peux I am able to
tu tu peux you are able to
il /elle /on il /elle /on peut he/she/one is able to
nous nous pouvons we are able to
vous vous pouvez you are able to
ils /elles ils /elles peuvent they are able to

PASSÉ COMPOSÉ

PronounConjugationTranslationExampleEx.
j'j' ai pu I was able to
tu tu as pu you were able to
il /elle /on il /elle /on a pu he/she/one was able to
nous nous avons pu we were able to
vous vous avez pu you were able to
ils /elles ils /elles ont pu they were able to

IMPERFECT

PronounConjugationTranslationExampleEx.
je je pouvais I was being able to; I used to be able to
tu tu pouvais you were being able to; you used to be able to
il /elle /on il /elle /on pouvait he was being able to; he used to be able to
nous nous pouvions we were being able to; we used to be able to
vous vous pouviez you were being able to; you used to be able to
ils /elles ils /elles pouvaient they were being able to; they used to be able to

SIMPLE FUTURE

PronounConjugationTranslationExampleEx.
je je pourrai I will be able to
tu tu pourras you will be able to
il /elle /on il /elle /on pourra he/she/one will be able to
nous nous pourrons we will be able to
vous vous pourrez you will be able to
ils /elles ils /elles pourront they will be able to

CONDITIONAL

PronounConjugationTranslationExampleEx.
je je pourrais I would be able to
tu tu pourrais you would be able to
il /elle /on il /elle /on pourrait he/she/one would be able to
nous nous pourrions we would be able to
vous vous pourriez you would be able to
ils /elles ils /elles pourraient they would be able to

PASSÉ SIMPLE

PronounConjugationTranslationExampleEx.
je je pus I was able to
tu tu pus you were able to
il /elle /on il /elle /on put he/she/one was able to
nous nous pûmes we were able to
vous vous pûtes you were able to
ils /elles ils /elles purent they were able to

PRESENT SUBJUNCTIVE

PronounConjugationTranslationExampleEx.
je je puisse that I may be able to
tu tu puisses that you may be able to
il /elle /on il /elle /on puisse that he may be able to
nous nous puissions that we may be able to
vous vous puissiez that you may be able to
ils /elles ils /elles puissent that they may be able to

AFFIRMATIVE IMPERATIVE

PronounConjugationTranslationExampleEx.
tu tu be able to
nous nous let's be able to
vous vous be able to

NEGATIVE IMPERATIVE

PronounConjugationTranslationExampleEx.
tu tu don't be able to
nous nous let's not be able to
vous vous don't be able to

PAST SUBJUNCTIVE

PronounConjugationTranslationExampleEx.
j'j' aie pu that I may have been able to
tu tu aies pu that you may have been able to
il /elle /on il /elle /on ait pu that he may have been able to
nous nous ayons pu that we may have been able to
vous vous ayez pu that you may have been able to
ils /elles ils /elles aient pu that they may have been able to

PLUPERFECT

PronounConjugationTranslationExampleEx.
j'j' avais pu I had been able to
tu tu avais pu you had been able to
il /elle /on il /elle /on avait pu he/she/one had been able to
nous nous avions pu we had been able to
vous vous aviez pu you had been able to
ils /elles ils /elles avaient pu they had been able to

FUTURE PERFECT

PronounConjugationTranslationExampleEx.
j'j' aurai pu I will have been able to
tu tu auras pu you will have been able to
il /elle /on il /elle /on aura pu he/she/one will have been able to
nous nous aurons pu we will have been able to
vous vous aurez pu you will have been able to
ils /elles ils /elles auront pu they will have been able to

CONDITIONAL PERFECT

PronounConjugationTranslationExampleEx.
j'j' aurais pu I would have been able to
tu tu aurais pu you would have been able to
il /elle /on il /elle /on aurait pu he/she/one would have been able to
nous nous aurions pu we would have been able to
vous vous auriez pu you would have been able to
ils /elles ils /elles auraient pu they would have been able to

IMPERFECT SUBJUNCTIVE

PronounConjugationTranslationExampleEx.
je je pusse that I might be able to
tu tu pusses that you might be able to
il /elle /on il /elle /on pût that he might be able to
nous nous pussions that we might be able to
vous vous pussiez that you might be able to
ils /elles ils /elles pussent that they might be able to

PAST ANTERIOR

PronounConjugationTranslationExampleEx.
j'j' eus pu I had been able to
tu tu eus pu you had been able to
il /elle /on il /elle /on eut pu he/she/one had been able to
nous nous eûmes pu we had been able to
vous vous eûtes pu you had been able to
ils /elles ils /elles eurent pu they had been able to

PLUPERFECT SUBJUNCTIVE

PronounConjugationTranslationExampleEx.
j'j' eusse pu that I might have been able to
tu tu eusses pu that you might have been able to
il /elle /on il /elle /on eût pu that he might have been able to
nous nous eussions pu that we might have been able to
vous vous eussiez pu that you might have been able to
ils /elles ils /elles eussent pu that they might have been able to

PRESENT PARTICIPLE

PronounConjugationTranslationExampleEx.
pouvant being able to

PAST PARTICIPLE

PronounConjugationTranslationExampleEx.
pu been able to