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Past of the French verb pouvoir

The past tense conjugations for the French verb pouvoir, along with their English translations.

pouvoir is an irregular verb


Verb phrases



ImperfectScored
je pouvaisI was able to
tu pouvaisyou were able to
il pouvaithe was able to
elle pouvaitshe was able to
nous pouvionswe were able to
vous pouviezyou were able to
ils pouvaientthey were able to
elles pouvaientthey were able to

Past Historic / Passé Simple
This is a literary tense, i.e. a tense used in writing, in everyday speech the Passé Composé is used to refer to past actions.
Scored
je pusI could
tu pusyou could
il puthe could
elle putshe could
nous pûmeswe could
vous pûtesyou could
ils purentthey could
elles purentthey could

Passé ComposéScored
j'ai puI have been able to
tu as puyou have been able to
il a puhe has been able to
elle a pushe has been able to
nous avons puwe have been able to
vous avez puyou have been able to
ils ont puthey have been able to
elles ont puthey have been able to

Regular conjugation
Irregular conjugation
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