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potere

to be able to/can

Ausiliareavere

Participio Passatopotuto

The Italian verb potere (to be able to/can)

Is a irregular verb belonging to the 2nd conjugation (-ere). It uses the auxiliary verb avere in compound tenses with an invariable past participle (potuto).

Coniugazioni

Presente(present)

Io	posso	I can
Tu	puoi	you can
Lui/Lei	può	he/she can
Noi	possiamo	we can
Voi	potete	you all can
Loro	possono	they can

Passato Prossimo(present perfect)

Io	ho potuto	I could / have been able to
Tu	hai potuto	you could / have been able to
Lui/Lei	ha potuto	he/she could / has been able to
Noi	abbiamo potuto	we could / have been able to
Voi	avete potuto	you all could / have been able to
Loro	hanno potuto	they could / have been able to

Imperfetto(imperfect)

Io	potevo	I could / was able to
Tu	potevi	you could / were able to
Lui/Lei	poteva	he/she could / was able to
Noi	potevamo	we could / were able to
Voi	potevate	you all could / were able to
Loro	potevano	they could / were able to

Futuro Semplice(simple future)

Io	potrò	I will be able to
Tu	potrai	you will be able to
Lui/Lei	potrà	he/she will be able to
Noi	potremo	we will be able to
Voi	potrete	you all will be able to
Loro	potranno	they will be able to

Futuro Composto(future perfect)

Io	avrò potuto	I will have could / have been able to
Tu	avrai potuto	you will have could / have been able to
Lui/Lei	avrà potuto	he/she will have could / has been able to
Noi	avremo potuto	we will have could / have been able to
Voi	avrete potuto	you all will have could / have been able to
Loro	avranno potuto	they will have could / have been able to

Condizionale(conditional)

Io	potrei	I could / would be able to
Tu	potresti	you could / would be able to
Lui/Lei	potrebbe	he/she could / would be able to
Noi	potremmo	we could / would be able to
Voi	potreste	you all could / would be able to
Loro	potrebbero	they could / would be able to

Trapassato Prossimo(past perfect)

Io	avevo potuto	I had been able to
Tu	avevi potuto	you had been able to
Lui/Lei	aveva potuto	he/she had been able to
Noi	avevamo potuto	we had been able to
Voi	avevate potuto	you all had been able to
Loro	avevano potuto	they had been able to

Passato Remoto(past historic)

Io	potei	I could
Tu	potesti	you could
Lui/Lei	poté	he/she could
Noi	potemmo	we could
Voi	poteste	you all could
Loro	poterono	they could

Esempi d'uso (Indicativo)

"Posso entrare?"

Can I come in?

"Non ho potuto venire alla festa ieri."

I couldn't come to the party yesterday.

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