Participe passé - with 'pouvoir'

16E

Participe passé – with pouvoir


"pouvoir"(p.p.)  +  verbe principal (Infinitif)

. . . pu  +  verbe principal (Infinitif) – Must be preceded by the auxiliary verb "avoir" (Infinitif, or conjugated) to create a Compound tense.


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16E

Examples:

 

Example 1 (unaffected by gender or number)

 

pu composer la chanson – Can only be used if preceded by "avoir" (Infinitif, or conjugated)

(been/was) able to compose the song


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