Conjugation

Can

pouvoir

Modal verb.

  • Modal verb

    Can has no infinitive and no participle. For other tenses, English uses be able to: I will be able to come, I have been able to rest.

Newbie

Enough to talk about now, the past, and your plans, and to give instructions.

  1. Present

    Ability, possibility, and permission: I can swim; can I come in?

    1. I / you / he / she / it / we / they can
  2. Past

    Ability in the past: I could read at four.

    1. I / you / he / she / it / we / they could