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How do you say can in french?

Updated: 8/17/2019
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βˆ™ 13y ago

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if you mean the verb, say "pouvoir" (pronounced "poo-vwar") for "to be able to". That's only the infinitive though. If you wanted to say it in a sentence say...

"Je peux..." (pronounced "juh puh") for "I can"

"Tu peux..." (pronounced "too puh") for "You can" if you're talking to a friend/someone you know well/someone younger than you/an animal (tu is informal)

"Il peut..." (pronounced "eel puh") for "he can"

"elle peut..." (pronounced "el puh") for "she can"

"on peut..." (pronounced "own puh") for "We/one/people can" ('on' means we, one [as in "one should know that humans are mortal"] or people [in general, such as "people know that humans are mortal"])

"Nous pouvons..." (pronounced "new poo-vown") for "we can"

"Vous pouvez..." (pronounced "voo poo-vay") for "you can" when speaking to more than one person, to someone you don't know well, to an authority, or to someone older than you (vous is formal)

"Ils peuvent..." (pronounced "eel puhvuh") for "they can" (for a group of only males or of both males & females)

"Elles peuvent..." (pronounced "el puhvuh") for "They can" (for a group of only females)

I hope that helped!

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βˆ™ 13y ago

Puis

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βˆ™ 14y ago

"Pouvez vous"

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