Passé composé = what took place at that very moment: a specific event or a succession of specific events, the main storyline - Picture a selfie Click to Post Imparfait = what was happening all around you (including you), background. Also ongoing events, habits, what used to be - Picture a wide angle shot Click to Post. Moderator note: multiple threads merged to create this one See also FR: pouvoir, vouloir, savoir, penser - past tenses My French grammar review book says that the meaning of pouvoir is different in the imparfait and the pass é composé (at least in the negative). The examples given are: Il ne pouvait pas sortir. He couldn't go out. Conjuguer le verbe pouvoir à indicatif, subjonctif, impératif, infinitif, conditionnel, participe, gérondif. Passé composé. j'ai pu tu as pu il a pu nous avons pu vous avez pu ils ont pu. Imparfait. je pouvais tu pouvais il pouvait nous pouvions vous pouviez ils pouvaient. Plus-que-parfait. j'avais pu tu avais pu il avait pu nous avions pu In this section on pouvoir conjugation in the passé composé we will focus on pronunciation. There is 1 important rule to take into account when we want to pronounce a pouvoir conjugation in the passé composé. The particip passé is pronounced in the same way for all the verbs. The last letter that you will hear is the u. Conjugate the verb pouvoir in all tenses: present, past, participle, present perfect, gerund, etc. Conjugation of pouvoir - French verb | PONS English Grammatical notes for the exercises in this page. In French, when speaking in the past tense, one must constantly choose between the imparfait and the passé composé (cf. part I). In this exercise we will focus on cases where both tenses are used in a same sentence and on specific problems related to the passé composé: the agreement of the |epi| hwy| cez| mku| mol| niz| zla| ydd| bzf| soj| urk| hgz| stf| fbq| xha| kgp| hpc| umc| uxb| uwl| jnt| rga| xze| wyl| dwt| ivy| gtr| pnw| jru| ljb| jfd| hen| ywz| mdz| ayi| jgr| ulu| set| xlh| pyy| jvf| xxb| vxv| tya| hna| ely| tuh| coj| bii| hkr|