Il pourra lire le roman s'il va à la bibliothèque. You will be able to take the trip if you have enough time. Tu pourras faire le voyage si tu as assez de temps. I will be able to buy the car if I have enough money. Je pourrai acheter la voiture si j'ai assez d'argent. Hence, “Je pourrai” means “I will be able to”. The tense is formed by adding the appropriate ending to the stem -pourr. The simple future ( le futur simple) tense expresses future events. They're going to be able to go for a bike ride this afternoon. Ils vont pouvoir faire du vélo cet après-midi. You're going to be able to play the violin in front of the audience. Vous allez pouvoir jouer du violon devant le public You are going to be able to (formal, plural) We're going to be able to enjoy the nice weather. Nous allons pouvoir profiter du beau temps. She's going to be able to travel to Argentina. Thus, for the verb pouvoir, “Je vais pouvoir + infinitive” means “I am going to be able to + verb.” For example: “Je vais pouvoir chanter la chanson” (I’m going to be able to sing the song).
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It is formed by combining the present tense of aller (to go) with the infinitive of pouvoir plus another infinitive. The near future tense ( le future proche)is a future tense that’s to express future events which have a high degree of certainty. He was able to pronounce the difficult words. The passé simple (simple past) is a literary past tense that equates grammatically to the passé composé and is mainly used in literature and writings. They used to be able to come from time to time. They were able to, used to be able to, could You used to be able to do the trip in less than one hour. Vous pouviez faire le trajet en moins d'un heure. You were able to, used to be able to, could (formal, plural) We were able to go to France once yearly. Nous pouvions aller en France une fois par an.
We used to be able to, were able to, could He, she, one was able to, used to be able to, could You were able to, used to be able to, could (informal) Hence, “Je pouvais” translates to “I was able to”, “I used to be able to”, “I could”.
The imperfect indicative ( l’imparfait de l’indicatif) is used to express past actions which occurred at undefined times.įor the verb pouvoir, the imperfect is formed by combining the stem of the first-person plural (nous) form of the verb in the present tense with the appropriate ending. Hence, “J’ai pu” means “I was able to” or “I could”. To form the passé composé for pouvoir, combine avoir in the present tense as an auxiliary verb with the past participle of pouvoir.
Pouvoir is also a semi-auxiliary or modal verb. This means that when conjugated in the present tense, its endings do not match the ending patterns of other regular verbs in the -ir group. The present tense conjugation of pouvoir is: Je peux (I can), Tu peux (you can, familiar), Il, elle, on peut (He, she, one can), Nous pouvons (We can), Vous pouvez (You can, formal and plural) and Ils, elles peuvent (They can). Pouvoir one of the most commonly used verbs in the French language.