| Present | Future | Imperfect | Present participle | |||||
| je | peux, puis | pourrai | pouvais | pouvant | ||||
| tu | peux | pourras | pouvais | |||||
| il | peut | pourra | pouvait | Passé composé | ||||
| nous | pouvons | pourrons | pouvions | Auxiliary verb | avoir | |||
| vous | pouvez | pourrez | pouviez | Past participle | pu | |||
| ils | peuvent | pourront | pouvaient | |||||
| Subjunctive | Conditional | Passé simple | Imperfect subjunctive | |||||
| je | puisse | pourrais | pus | pusse | ||||
| tu | puisses | pourrais | pus | pusses | ||||
| il | puisse | pourrait | put | pût | ||||
| nous | puissions | pourrions | pûmes | pussions | ||||
| vous | puissiez | pourriez | pûtes | pussiez | ||||
| ils | puissent | pourraient | purent | pussent | ||||
| Imperative | ||||||||
| n/a | Verb conjugation pattern Pouvoir is irregular and is one of the most common French verbs Using pouvoir Pouvoir quiz | |||||||
Pouvoir - can, to be able
Simple conjugations for the French verb pouvoir
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