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quand on doit dire "je peux" et quand on doit dire " je pourrais"? aussi "je veux" et "je voudrais"?
Feb 12, 2014 3:32 PM
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You say "je peux" in French when you say "I can" in English. You say "je pourrais" when you say "I could" or "I would be able to" in English. Likewise for "veux" and "voudrais." "Veux" is "want" and "voudrais" is "would like."
Je peux aller demain = I can go tomorrow
Je pourrais aller demain = I could go tomorrow/ I would be able to go tomorrow.
Je veux aller demain = I want to go tomorrow
Je voudrais aller demain = I would like to go tomorrow
As in English, "pourrais/voudrais" sound more polite, just like "could/would like" sound more polite than "can/want."
Essentially, peux/veux are both in the present indicative tense. Pourrais/voudrais are in the conditional tense.
February 12, 2014
Merci
January 5, 2015
très bien expliqué par Brian, je 'voudrais' juste ajouter un point qui me semble important :
parfois on fait l'erreur d'écrire voudrais sans s à la fin "voudrai" , ceci n'est pas totalement faux puisque ça représente le verbe 'vouloir' au future.
exemple :
je voudrais manger une tarte aux pommes. (conditionnel présent)
demain, je voudrai manger une tarte aux pommes. (future)
January 4, 2015
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