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Pouvoir in French — 5 phrases in 20 seconds
to be able / can · 5 phrases
A 20-second drill built from our Pouvoir chart.
🎬 Watch: 5 phrases with « pouvoir »
🎧 Narrated by a native French speaker · every line read aloud
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🎬 About this short
A 20-second drill on « pouvoir » (to be able / can): five real phrases, a three-second pause to guess, then the meaning. It is built straight from our Pouvoir conjugation chart, so once the clip clicks you can go deeper on the same page — every tense, audio for each form, and a practice quiz.
🔊 The five phrases
Je peux nager.I can swim.
Je peux entrer ?Can I come in?
Je n’ai pas pu venir hier.I couldn’t come yesterday.
Petit, je pouvais courir vite.As a kid, I could run fast.
Est-ce que tu pourrais m’aider ?Could you help me?
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