What are the forms of pouvoir?
French Verb Conjugations
| Present | Imperfect | |
|---|---|---|
| tu | peux | pouvais |
| il | peut | pouvait |
| nous | pouvons | pouvions |
| vous | pouvez | pouviez |
What kind of verb is pouvoir?
modal verbs
The verb pouvoir corresponds to the English modal verbs can or be able to. It expresses ability or possibility, or sometimes permission or authorisation. In its most basic meaning, Je peux means I can.
What is the Imparfait of pouvoir?
‘pouvoir’ is the model of its conjugation….indicatif.
| imparfait | |
|---|---|
| il, elle, on | pouvait |
| nous | pouvions |
| vous | pouviez |
| ils, elles | pouvaient |
Is pouvoir a French word?
The French verb pouvoir means “to be able [to do something],” or more simply, “can” and “may.” It’s an extremely common verb in French and has an irregular conjugation that can be tricky for non-native speakers.
Which is the correct form of the verb pouvoir?
! The irregular verb pouvoir (to be able to, can) is a shoe verb in the present tense and has two forms for je. Puis‐je is often used in questions:
When to use JE or Puis in pouvoir?
Note that pouvoir has a very formal “je” form to ask for permission: je puis . Je puis, or puis-je when inverted, is very old-fashioned and is not commonly used today. Using the present conditional, or even the present indicative nowadays is much more common.
When to use pouvoir Passe Compose or plus que parfait?
Pouvoir Conjugation in the Pluperfect (le plus-que-parfait) Now that we’ve seen the pouvoir passé composé, we can take it up a level by looking at another compound tense: the plus-que-parfait. This tense is used to talk about an action that happened before another action in the past.
Which is the correct form of the French verb pouvait?
peux. pouvais. pourras. pourrais. puisses. pusses. il. peut. pouvait.