{"id":4493,"date":"2011-03-17T01:29:07","date_gmt":"2011-03-17T01:29:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/?p=4493"},"modified":"2014-06-12T16:59:01","modified_gmt":"2014-06-12T14:59:01","slug":"can-you-conjugate-the-verb-pouvoir","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/can-you-conjugate-the-verb-pouvoir\/","title":{"rendered":"How to conjugate the French verb pouvoir"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\">When the American President<strong> Barack Obama <\/strong>launched his famous optimistic campaign slogan <strong>&#8220;Yes, we can&#8221;, <\/strong>several French newpapers labeled it as the strategic vision based on the good old proverb<strong> &#8220;<em>vouloir c&#8217;est pouvoir<\/em>&#8220;<\/strong>, which can be translated as &#8220;<strong>to want is to be able to<\/strong>.<strong>&#8221; <em>Le jeux de mot <\/em><\/strong>(the pun) here was intended between the two meanings of the word &#8220;<em><strong>pouvoir<\/strong><\/em>&#8220;: As a verb, it means &#8220;<strong>to be able (to do something)<\/strong>&#8220;; as a noun, it means &#8220;<strong>power<\/strong>&#8220;, as in &#8220;political power.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Setting all politics aside, the goal of today&#8217;s post is to show you how a verb of the <strong>3rd group, &#8220;pouvoir&#8221;, <\/strong>is<strong><em> conjugu<strong>\u00e9<\/strong><\/em>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">After that, if your French teacher asked you if you knew the <em><strong>conjugaison<\/strong><\/em> of the verbe &#8220;<strong>pouvoir<\/strong>&#8220;, you will confidently be able to say &#8220;<em><strong>Oui, je peux<\/strong><\/em>&#8221; (&#8220;<strong>Yes, I can<\/strong>&#8220;)<strong>!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>* * *<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Super Pouvoir d&#039;Achat (la chanson du dimanche s02e11)\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RqzR-KwjlrI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<strong><em>Pouvoir<\/em>&#8212;Here as a noun, as in &#8220;<em>Le Pouvoir d&#8217;Achat<\/em>&#8221; (&#8220;Purchasing Power&#8221;) By\u00a0<em>La Chanson du Dimanche<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">* * *<\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"720\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<table border=\"1\" width=\"690\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"5\" align=\"center\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"4\" align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>I \u00a0N \u00a0D \u00a0I \u00a0C \u00a0A \u00a0T \u00a0I \u00a0F<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"25%\">\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\"><span style=\"color: #8a798a;\"><strong><em>Pr\u00e9sent<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>je<br \/>\ntu<br \/>\nil<br \/>\nnous<br \/>\nvous<br \/>\nils<\/td>\n<td>peux\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff8800;\"><strong>\/<\/strong><\/span> puis<br \/>\npeux<br \/>\npeut<br \/>\npouvons<br \/>\npouvez<br \/>\npeuvent<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"25%\">\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\"><span style=\"color: #8a798a;\"><strong><em>Imparfait<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>je<br \/>\ntu<br \/>\nil<br \/>\nnous<br \/>\nvous<br \/>\nils<\/td>\n<td>pouvais<br \/>\npouvais<br \/>\npouvait<br \/>\npouvions<br \/>\npouviez<br \/>\npouvaient<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"25%\">\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\"><span style=\"color: #8a798a;\"><strong><em>Pass\u00e9 simple<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>je<br \/>\ntu<br \/>\nil<br \/>\nnous<br \/>\nvous<br \/>\nils<\/td>\n<td>pus<br \/>\npus<br \/>\nput<br \/>\np\u00fbmes<br \/>\np\u00fbtes<br \/>\npurent<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"25%\">\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\"><span style=\"color: #8a798a;\"><strong><em>Futur simple<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>je<br \/>\ntu<br \/>\nil<br \/>\nnous<br \/>\nvous<br \/>\nils<\/td>\n<td>pourrai<br \/>\npourras<br \/>\npourra<br \/>\npourrons<br \/>\npourrez<br \/>\npourront<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"3\"><span style=\"color: #8a798a;\"><strong><em>Pass\u00e9 compos\u00e9<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>j&#8217;<br \/>\ntu<br \/>\nil<br \/>\nnous<br \/>\nvous<br \/>\nils<\/td>\n<td>ai<br \/>\nas<br \/>\na<br \/>\navons<br \/>\navez<br \/>\nont<\/td>\n<td>pu<br \/>\npu<br \/>\npu<br \/>\npu<br \/>\npu<br \/>\npu<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"3\"><span style=\"color: #8a798a;\"><strong><em>Plus que parfait<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>j&#8217;<br \/>\ntu<br \/>\nil<br \/>\nnous<br \/>\nvous<br \/>\nils<\/td>\n<td>avais<br \/>\navais<br \/>\navait<br \/>\navions<br \/>\naviez<br \/>\navaient<\/td>\n<td>pu<br \/>\npu<br \/>\npu<br \/>\npu<br \/>\npu<br \/>\npu<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"3\"><span style=\"color: #8a798a;\"><strong><em>Pass\u00e9 ant\u00e9rieur<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>j&#8217;<br \/>\ntu<br \/>\nil<br \/>\nnous<br \/>\nvous<br \/>\nils<\/td>\n<td>eus<br \/>\neus<br \/>\neut<br \/>\ne\u00fbmes<br \/>\ne\u00fbtes<br \/>\neurent<\/td>\n<td>pu<br \/>\npu<br \/>\npu<br \/>\npu<br \/>\npu<br \/>\npu<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"3\"><span style=\"color: #8a798a;\"><strong><em>Futur ant\u00e9rieur<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>j&#8217;<br \/>\ntu<br \/>\nil<br \/>\nnous<br \/>\nvous<br \/>\nils<\/td>\n<td>aurai<br \/>\nauras<br \/>\naura<br \/>\naurons<br \/>\naurez<br \/>\nauront<\/td>\n<td>pu<br \/>\npu<br \/>\npu<br \/>\npu<br \/>\npu<br \/>\npu<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"line-height: normal;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"720\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<table border=\"1\" width=\"690\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"5\" align=\"center\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"4\" align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>S \u00a0U \u00a0B \u00a0J \u00a0O \u00a0N \u00a0C \u00a0T \u00a0I \u00a0F<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"25%\">\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"3\"><span style=\"color: #8a798a;\"><strong><em>Pr\u00e9sent<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><em>que <\/em><br \/>\n<em>que<br \/>\nqu&#8217;<br \/>\nque<br \/>\nque<br \/>\nqu&#8217;<\/em><\/td>\n<td>je<br \/>\ntu<br \/>\nil<br \/>\nnous<br \/>\nvous<br \/>\nils<\/td>\n<td>puisse<br \/>\npuisses<br \/>\npuisse<br \/>\npuissions<br \/>\npuissiez<br \/>\npuissent<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"25%\">\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"3\"><span style=\"color: #8a798a;\"><strong><em>Imparfait<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><em>que <\/em><br \/>\n<em>que<br \/>\nqu&#8217;<br \/>\nque<br \/>\nque<br \/>\nqu&#8217;<\/em><\/td>\n<td>je<br \/>\ntu<br \/>\nil<br \/>\nnous<br \/>\nvous<br \/>\nils<\/td>\n<td>pusse<br \/>\npusses<br \/>\np\u00fbt<br \/>\npussions<br \/>\npussiez<br \/>\npussent<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"25%\">\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"4\"><span style=\"color: #8a798a;\"><strong><em>Pass\u00e9<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><em>que <\/em><br \/>\n<em>que<br \/>\nqu&#8217;<br \/>\nque<br \/>\nque<br \/>\nqu&#8217;<\/em><\/td>\n<td>j&#8217;<br \/>\ntu<br \/>\nil<br \/>\nnous<br \/>\nvous<br \/>\nils<\/td>\n<td>aie<br \/>\naies<br \/>\nait<br \/>\nayons<br \/>\nayez<br \/>\naient<\/td>\n<td>pu<br \/>\npu<br \/>\npu<br \/>\npu<br \/>\npu<br \/>\npu<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"25%\">\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"4\"><span style=\"color: #8a798a;\"><strong><em>Plus que parfait<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><em>que <\/em><br \/>\n<em>que<br \/>\nqu&#8217;<br \/>\nque<br \/>\nque<br \/>\nqu&#8217;<\/em><\/td>\n<td>j&#8217;<br \/>\ntu<br \/>\nil<br \/>\nnous<br \/>\nvous<br \/>\nils<\/td>\n<td>eusse<br \/>\neusses<br \/>\ne\u00fbt<br \/>\neussions<br \/>\neussiez<br \/>\neussent<\/td>\n<td>pu<br \/>\npu<br \/>\npu<br \/>\npu<br \/>\npu<br \/>\npu<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"line-height: normal;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"720\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<table border=\"1\" width=\"690\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"5\" align=\"center\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\" align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>C O N D I T I O N N E L<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>I M P E R A T I F<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"25%\">\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\"><span style=\"color: #8a798a;\"><strong><em>Pr\u00e9sent<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>je<br \/>\ntu<br \/>\nil<br \/>\nnous<br \/>\nvous<br \/>\nils<\/td>\n<td>pourrais<br \/>\npourrais<br \/>\npourrait<br \/>\npourrions<br \/>\npourriez<br \/>\npourraient<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"25%\">\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"3\"><span style=\"color: #8a798a;\"><strong><em>Pass\u00e9<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>j&#8217;<br \/>\ntu<br \/>\nil<br \/>\nnous<br \/>\nvous<br \/>\nils<\/td>\n<td>aurais<br \/>\naurais<br \/>\naurait<br \/>\naurions<br \/>\nauriez<br \/>\nauraient<\/td>\n<td>pu<br \/>\npu<br \/>\npu<br \/>\npu<br \/>\npu<br \/>\npu<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"25%\"><span style=\"color: #8a798a;\"><strong><em>Pr\u00e9sent <\/em><\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n&#8211;<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"25%\"><span style=\"color: #8a798a;\"><strong><em>Pass\u00e9 <\/em><\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n&#8211;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"line-height: normal;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"720\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<table border=\"1\" width=\"690\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"5\" align=\"center\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\" align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>I N F I N I T I F<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>P A R T I C I P E<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"25%\"><span style=\"color: #8a798a;\"><strong><em>Pr\u00e9sent <\/em><\/strong><\/span>pouvoir<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"25%\"><span style=\"color: #8a798a;\"><strong><em>Pass\u00e9 <\/em><\/strong><\/span>avoir pu<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"25%\"><span style=\"color: #8a798a;\"><strong><em>Pr\u00e9sent <\/em><\/strong><\/span>pouvant<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"25%\"><span style=\"color: #8a798a;\"><strong><em>Pass\u00e9 <\/em><\/strong><\/span>pu<br \/>\nayant pu<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"line-height: normal;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"720\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"11\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<table border=\"1\" width=\"690\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"5\" align=\"center\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\" align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>G E R O N D I F<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" align=\"center\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"25%\"><span style=\"color: #8a798a;\"><strong><em>Pr\u00e9sent <\/em><\/strong><\/span>en pouvant<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"25%\"><span style=\"color: #8a798a;\"><strong><em>Pass\u00e9 <\/em><\/strong><\/span>en ayant pu<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When the American President Barack Obama launched his famous optimistic campaign slogan &#8220;Yes, we can&#8221;, several French newpapers labeled it as the strategic vision based on the good old proverb &#8220;vouloir c&#8217;est pouvoir&#8220;, which can be translated as &#8220;to want is to be able to.&#8221; Le jeux de mot (the pun) here was intended between&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"post-item__readmore\"><a class=\"btn btn--md\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/can-you-conjugate-the-verb-pouvoir\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":49,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":""},"categories":[6,13],"tags":[24375,24503,24504],"class_list":["post-4493","post","type-post","status-publish","hentry","category-grammar","category-vocabulary","tag-conjugaison","tag-pouvoir","tag-vouloir-cest-pouvoir"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4493","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/49"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4493"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4493\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28257,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4493\/revisions\/28257"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4493"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4493"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4493"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}