Present
Ability, possibility, and permission: I can swim; can I come in?
- I / you / he / she / it / we / they 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.
Enough to talk about now, the past, and your plans, and to give instructions.
Ability, possibility, and permission: I can swim; can I come in?
Ability in the past: I could read at four.