The french verb pouvoir means to be able to/can. For instance:
Je peux
Tu peux
Il/Elle/On peut
Nous pouvons
Vous pouvez
Ils/Elles peuvent
These all mean: I can, You can, He can..........
But, swap them around and you get can I, can You, can He.......
The infinitive of the verb for "can", or "to be able to", in French is "pouvoir".
The question 'Pouvez-vous traduire en francais' means Can you translate into French... . In the word-by-word translation, the verb 'pouvez' means '[you] are able, can'. The personal pronoun 'vous' means 'you'. The verb 'traduire' means 'to translate'. The preposition 'en' means 'in'. The noun 'francais' means 'French'.
I would like is translated 'j'aimerais' in French.
Rigoler is the French verb "to laugh"
no May I .. the "puis" is the interrogative form for the first person singular present tense of the verb pouvoir. Je peux >>>> Puis-je. May you would be Peux-tu ?
Nous pouvons mean 'we can' in English. This is the 1st person plural for the verb "pouvoir".
The infinitive of the verb for "can", or "to be able to", in French is "pouvoir".
Ils peuvent, elles peuvent mean 'they can' in English. This is the 3rd person plural for the verb "pouvoir".
The question 'Pouvez-vous traduire en francais' means Can you translate into French... . In the word-by-word translation, the verb 'pouvez' means '[you] are able, can'. The personal pronoun 'vous' means 'you'. The verb 'traduire' means 'to translate'. The preposition 'en' means 'in'. The noun 'francais' means 'French'.
In French, the verb "pouvoir" (to be able to) is conjugated as follows: je peux (I can) tu peux (you can) il/elle/on peut (he/she/one can) nous pouvons (we can) vous pouvez (you can) ils/elles peuvent (they can)
'pu' is the past participle of the verb 'pouvoir' (to can / to be able)je n'ai pas pu venir = I could not come, I wasn't able to come
Could or can or are able to in Could you ...? Can you ...? or you can Are you able to ...? or you are able to.... it's the second plural person of 'pouvoir' verb at indicative present
Depends on context! Give a sentence to translate or look up a verb table of "pouvoir" - conditional tense.
Pouvoir
Pouvoir vous devine?
I would like is translated 'j'aimerais' in French.
pouvoir walker