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pouvoir [puvwaʀ]━━━━━━━━━6. compounds━━━━━━━━━➭ TABLE 331. <a. (permission)━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► Lorsque pouvoir sert à donner la permission de faire quelque chose, il peut se traduire par can ou may ; can est le plus courant et couvre la majorité des cas.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━• maintenant, tu peux aller jouer now you can go and play━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► On emploie can lorsque la permission dépend d'une tierce personne ou d'une autorité ; can étant un verbe défectif, to be able to le remplace aux temps où il ne peut être conjugué.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━• elle ne pourra lui rendre visite qu'une fois par semaine she'll only be able to visit him once a weekb. (demande)━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► Lorsque l'on demande à quelqu'un la permission de faire quelque chose, qu'on lui demande un service ou qu'on lui donne un ordre poli, on utilise can ou la forme plus polie could.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━• est-ce que je peux fermer la fenêtre ? can I shut the window?• puis-je emprunter votre stylo ? could I borrow your pen?• pourrais-je vous parler ? could I have a word with you?• puis-je vous être utile ? can I be of assistance?• tu peux m'ouvrir la porte, s'il te plaît ? can you or could you open the door for me, please?• pourriez-vous nous apporter du thé ? could you bring us some tea?━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► Lorsque pouvoir exprime une possibilité ou une capacité, il se traduit généralement par can ou par to be able to ; can étant un verbe défectif, to be able to le remplace aux temps où il ne peut être conjugué.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━• peut-il venir ? can he come?• ne peut-il pas venir ? can't he come?━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━• tu as pu lui téléphoner ? did you manage to phone him?• j'ai essayé de le joindre, mais je n'ai pas pu I tried to get in touch with him but I didn't manage tod. (probabilité, hypothèse)━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► Lorsque pouvoir exprime une probabilité, une éventualité ou une hypothèse, il se traduit par could ; might implique une plus grande incertitude.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━• il pourrait être italien he could or might be Italian• ça aurait pu être un voleur ! it could or might have been a burglar!► bien + pouvoir• où ai-je bien pu mettre mon stylo ? where on earth can I have put my pen?• qu'est-ce qu'il peut bien faire ? what can he be doing?• il a très bien pu entrer sans qu'on le voie he could very well have come in without anyone seeing him• tu aurais pu me dire ça plus tôt ! you could have told me sooner!f. (souhaits) puisse-t-il guérir rapidement ! let's hope he makes a speedy recovery!• puissiez-vous dire vrai ! let's hope you're right!2. <━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► La probabilité, l'éventualité, l'hypothèse ou le risque sont rendus par may ; might implique une plus grande incertitude.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━3. <• est-ce qu'on peut quelque chose pour lui ? is there anything we can do for him?• que puis-je pour vous ? what can I do for you?• désolé, mais je n'y peux rien I'm sorry, but there's nothing I can do about it• je n'en peux plus (fatigue) I'm worn out ; (énervement) I've had enough ; (désespoir) I can't take it any longer4. <• tu crois qu'il va pleuvoir ? -- ça se pourrait bien do you think it's going to rain? -- it might• il se peut qu'elle vienne she may come► il se pourrait que + subjonctif• il se pourrait bien qu'il pleuve it might or could well rain5. <• le quatrième pouvoir ( = presse) the press• avoir pouvoir de faire qch (autorisation) to have authority to do sth ; (droit) to have the right to do sth6. <* * *
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1. puvwaʀverbe auxiliaire1) ( être capable de) to be able toje n'en peux plus — (épuisement, exaspération) I've had it (colloq); ( satiété) I'm full (colloq)
2) ( être autorisé à) to be allowed to3) ( avoir le choix de)4) ( avoir l'obligeance de)pourriez-vous me tenir la porte s'il vous plaît? — can ou could you hold the door (open) for me please?
5) ( être susceptible de)puisse cette nouvelle année exaucer vos vœux les plus chers — wishing you everything you could want for the new year
qu'est-ce que cela peut (bien) te faire? — (colloq) what business is it of yours?
on peut toujours espérer — there's no harm in wishing ou hoping
s'il croit que je vais payer il peut toujours attendre — if he thinks I'm going to pay he's got another think coming
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je ne peux rien pour vous/contre eux — there's nothing I can do for you/about them
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verbe impersonnelc'est inimaginable ce qu'il a pu pleuvoir! — you can't imagine ou wouldn't believe how much it rained!
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il se peut verbe pronominal impersonnelil se peut que les prix augmentent en juin — prices may ou might rise in June
‘est-ce que tu viendras ce soir?’ - ‘cela se peut’ — ‘are you coming this evening?’ - ‘I may do’
ça ne se peut pas — (colloq) it's impossible
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on ne peut plus locution adverbiale
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on ne peut mieux locution adverbiale••
II puvwaʀnom masculin1) ( puissance) power2) ( faculté) ability4) ( autorité) power, authority5) Politique power6) Administration, Droit power•Phrasal Verbs:* * *puvwaʀ1. nm1) (= influence, autorité) powerLe Premier ministre a beaucoup de pouvoir. — The prime minister has a lot of power.
avoir pouvoir de faire (= autorisation) — to have the authority to do, to have authority to do, (= droit) to have the right to do
2) (= dirigeants)2. vb aux1) (= avoir la possibilité de) to be able toJe suis déçu de ne pas pouvoir le faire. — I am disappointed not to be able to do it.
Je ne pourrai pas venir samedi. — I won't be able to come on Saturday., I can't come on Saturday.
Je n'ai pas pu le réparer. — I couldn't repair it., I wasn't able to repair it.
Je peux lui téléphoner si tu veux. — I can phone her if you like.
2) (= avoir la permission de)Vous pouvez aller au cinéma. — You can go to the pictures.
3) (hypothèse)Il a pu avoir un accident. — He may have had an accident., He might have had an accident., He could have had an accident.
Il aurait pu le dire! — He might have said so!, He could have said so!
3. vb impers4. vtJ'ai fait tout ce que j'ai pu. — I did all I could.
Fais ce que tu peux. — Do what you can.
Je n'y peux rien. — I can't do anything about it.
on ne peut; Je me porte on ne peut mieux. — I'm absolutely fine., I couldn't be better.
Elle est on ne peut plus gentille. — She couldn't be nicer., She's as nice as can be.
je n'en peux plus (fatigue) — I'm exhausted, (patience) I can't take any more
* * *I.pouvoir verb table: pouvoirA v aux1 ( être capable de) to be able to; peux-tu soulever cette boîte? can you lift this box?; nous espérons pouvoir partir cette année we hope to be able to go away this year; dès que je pourrai as soon as I can; il ne pourra pas venir he won't be able to come; je suis content que vous ayez pu venir I'm glad you could come; il ne pouvait pas cacher son irritation he couldn't conceal his annoyance; il pourrait mieux faire he could do better; elle aurait pu le faire she could have done it; tu peux/pourrais bien me rendre ce service you can/could at least do this for me; tu ne pouvais pas me le dire tout de suite! why couldn't you have told me ou didn't you tell me that right away?; on ne pourrait mieux dire that's very well put; je n'en peux plus (épuisement, exaspération) I've had it○; ( satiété) I'm full○; ⇒ vieillesse;2 ( être autorisé à) to be allowed to; les élèves ne peuvent pas quitter l'établissement sans autorisation pupils can't ou may not ou are not allowed to leave the school without permission; est-ce que je peux me servir de ta voiture? can I use your car?; puis-je m'asseoir? may I sit down?; est-ce qu'on peut fumer ici? is smoking allowed here?; nous ne pouvons tout de même pas les laisser faire we can't just stand by and do nothing; tu peux toujours essayer you can ou could always try; on peut dire que it can be said that; après ce qui est arrivé on peut se poser des questions after what happened questions are bound to be asked;3 ( avoir le choix de) on peut écrire clef ou clé the word can be written clef or clé; on peut ne pas faire l'accord the agreement is optional; il ne peut pas ne pas accepter he has no option but to accept; il peut être malade après tout ce qu'il a mangé after the amount he ate it's no wonder that he is ill;4 ( avoir l'obligeance de) pourriez-vous me tenir la porte s'il vous plaît? can ou could you hold the door (open) for me please?; si tu pouvais garder la petite, je sortirais un peu if you could keep an eye on the baby, I could go out for a while; peux-tu me dire quelle heure il est s'il te plaît? could you tell me the time please?;5 ( être susceptible de) tout peut arriver anything could happen; cela pourrait arriver à n'importe qui it could happen to anybody; il ne peut pas ne pas gagner he's bound to win; où peut-il bien être? where can he be?; où pouvait-il bien être? where could he be?; que peut-il bien faire? what can he be doing?; tout le monde peut se tromper anyone can make a mistake; puisse cette nouvelle année exaucer vos vœux les plus chers wishing you everything you could want for the new year; puisse-t-il revenir sur sa décision we can only hope that he goes back on his decision; puissiez-vous dire vrai let us hope you are right; rien ne pourra l'arrêter nothing can stop him/her; qu'est-ce que cela peut (bien) te faire? what business is it of yours?; il peut toujours espérer there's no harm in wishing ou hoping; s'il croit que je vais payer ses dettes il peut toujours attendre if he thinks I'm going to pay his debts he's got another think coming; elle pouvait mentir, il l'aimait toujours no matter how much she lied, he still loved her; qu'est-ce qu'il peut y avoir comme monde! what a crowd there is!; qu'est-ce qu'il peut faire froid ici! it's so cold here!; ce qu'il peut être grand! how tall he is!; peux-tu être bête! how silly you can be!B vtr que puis-je pour vous? what can I do for you?; je ne peux rien pour vous/contre eux there's nothing I can do for you/about them; je n'y peux rien I can't do anything about it, there's nothing I can do about it; je fais ce que je peux I'm doing my best; ‘je sais que c'est difficile mais qu'y puis-je?’-‘vous pouvez beaucoup’ ‘I know it's hard, but what can I do?’-‘plenty’.C v impers il peut faire très froid en janvier it can get very cold in January; il pourrait arriver que je parte I could ou might leave; il pouvait être 10 heures it was probably about 10 o'clock; il peut neiger comme il peut faire beau it might snow or it might be fine; c'est inimaginable ce qu'il a pu pleuvoir! you can't imagine ou wouldn't believe how much it rained!; ce qu'il peut pleuvoir en ce moment! it's raining really hard at the moment.D il se peut vpr impers il se peut que les prix augmentent en juin prices may ou might rise in June; il se peut or pourrait que j'accepte leur offre I may ou might accept their offer; se peut-il qu'il m'ait oublié? can he really have forgotten me?; se peut-il que vous ayez fait cela? how could you do such a thing?; ‘est-ce que tu viendras ce soir?’-‘cela se peut’ ‘are you coming this evening?’-‘I may do’; cela se pourrait bien very possibly so; il or cela se pourrait (bien) qu'il soit fâché he might (well) be angry; ça ne se peut pas○ it's impossible.E on ne peut plus loc adv il est on ne peut plus timide he is as shy as can be; c'est on ne peut mieux it couldn't be better; il travaille on ne peut plus sérieusement you couldn't ask for a more conscientious worker; il est on ne peut plus désagréable he's thoroughly unpleasant.qui peut le plus peut le moins if you can do something complicated, you can do something simple; autant que faire se peut as far as possible.II.pouvoir nm1 ( puissance) power; pouvoirs surnaturels supernatural powers; pouvoir blanchissant d'un détergent whitening power of a detergent; pouvoir d'évocation d'un mot evocative power of a word;2 ( faculté) ability; avoir un remarquable pouvoir d'adaptation to be remarkably adaptable; avoir le pouvoir de faire to be able to do;3 ( ascendant) power (sur over); le pouvoir de qn sur qn sb's power over sb; il la tient en son pouvoir he's got her in his power;4 ( autorité) power, authority; n'avoir aucun pouvoir sur qn to have no power over sb; je n'ai pas le pouvoir de décider it's not up to me to decide; il n'est pas en mon pouvoir de prendre une telle décision I'm not the one who decides;5 Pol power; pouvoir absolu/royal absolute/royal power; après 15 ans de pouvoir after 15 years in power; avoir le pouvoir to be in power; exercer le pouvoir to exercise power; prendre le pouvoir to take power; arriver au pouvoir to come to power; se maintenir au pouvoir to stay in power; séparation des pouvoirs separation of powers; en vertu des pouvoirs qui nous sont conférés by reason of ou in exercise of the powers invested in us; avoir tous pouvoirs to have ou exercise all powers; donner tous pouvoir à qn to give sb full powers, to confer full powers on sb; les pleins pouvoirs full powers; le pouvoir en place the government in power;6 Admin, Jur power; déléguer ses pouvoirs à qn to delegate powers to sb; pouvoir par-devant notaire power of attorney; donner pouvoir à qn to give sb a proxy.pouvoir d'achat purchasing power; pouvoir calorifique calorific value; pouvoir exécutif executive power; le pouvoir judiciaire ( corps) the judiciary; pouvoir législatif legislative power; pouvoir séparateur Phys resolving power; pouvoir spirituel spiritual power; pouvoir temporel temporal power; les pouvoirs constitués the powers that be; pouvoirs exceptionnels emergency powers; pouvoirs publics authorities.I[puvwar] nom masculin1. [aptitude, possibilité] poweravoir un grand pouvoir de concentration/de persuasion to have great powers of concentration/persuasionil n'est plus en notre pouvoir de décider de la question we're no longer in a position to decide on this matterje ferai tout ce qui est en mon pouvoir pour t'aider I'll do everything ou all in my power to help you3. POLITIQUEa. [exercice] powerb. [gouvernants] governmenta. [parti élu] to be in power ou officeb. [junte] to be in powerles gens au pouvoir ne connaissent pas nos problèmes those in power ou the powers that be don't understand our difficultiesa. [élus] to take officeb. [dictateur] to seize powerexercer le pouvoir to exercise power, to govern, to rulele pouvoir exécutif executive power, the executivele pouvoir judiciaire judicial power, the judiciaryle pouvoir législatif legislative power, the legislaturele pouvoir local local government, the local authoritiesavoir du pouvoir sur quelqu'un to have power ou influence over somebodypouvoir calorifique (inférieur)/supérieur (net)/gross calorific value————————pouvoirs nom masculin plurieloutrepasser ses pouvoirs to overstep ou to exceed one's authoritya. [administrateur] to have full powers to do somethingb. [architecte, animateur] to have carte blanche to do somethingpouvoirs exceptionnels POLITIQUE special powers (available to the President of the French Republic in an emergency)2. [gouvernants]3. [surnaturels] powersII[puvwar] verbe auxiliaire1. [avoir la possibilité, la capacité de]je peux revenir en France I'm able to ou I can return to Franceje peux vous aider? [généralement, dans un magasin] can I help you?je ne peux pas dormir I'm unable to ou I can't sleeptout le monde ne peut pas le faire/en dire autant! not everybody can do it/say that!le projet ne pourra pas se faire sans sa collaboration the project can't be carried out without her collaborationtu ne peux pas ne pas l'aider you MUST help her, you can't refuse to help her2. [parvenir à] to manage ou to be able toavez-vous pu entrer en contact avec lui? did you succeed in contacting ou manage to contact him?c'est construit de telle manière que l'on ne puisse pas s'échapper it's built in such a way that it's impossible to escape ou as to make escape impossible3. [avoir la permission de]vous pouvez disposer you may ou can go nowsi on ne peut plus plaisanter, maintenant! it's a pretty sad thing if you can't have a laugh anymore![avoir des raisons de]je suis désolé — ça, tu peux (l'être)! (familier) I'm so sorry — so you should be ou and with good reason ou and I should think so too!4. [exprime une éventualité, un doute, un risque]la maladie peut revenir the disease can ou may recurattention, tu pourrais glisser careful, you might ou could slipj'aurais pu l'attendre longtemps, elle n'arrive que demain! I could have waited a long time, she's not coming until tomorrow!après tout, il pourrait bien ne pas avoir menti he may well have been telling the truth after allil pourrait s'agir d'un suicide it could ou may ou might be a suicideil peut arriver que... it may (so) ou can happen that...5. [exprime une approximation]6. [exprime une suggestion, une hypothèse]tu pourrais au moins t'excuser! you could at least apologize!, the least you could do is (to) apologize!il aurait pu me prévenir! he could've ou might've warned me!7. [en intensif]qu'a-t-elle (bien) pu leur dire pour les mettre dans cet état? what can she possibly have said for them to be in such a state!8. (littéraire) [exprime le souhait]————————[puvwar] verbe transitif[être capable de faire]on n'y peut rien it can't be helped, nothing can be done about itj'ai fait tout ce que j'ai pu I did my level best ou all I coulda. [physiquement] I'm exhaustedb. [moralement] I can't take anymore ou stand it any longerc. [je suis rassasié] I'm full (up)je n'en peux plus de l'entendre se plaindre sans cesse I just can't take his continual moaning any moreregarde-le danser avec elle, il n'en peut plus! (familier & humoristique) just look at him dancing with her, he's in seventh heaven!————————se pouvoir verbe impersonnelça se peut it may ou could beça se peut, mais... that's as may be, but...sois calme, et s'il se peut, diplomate keep calm and, if (at all) possible, be tactfulil se pourrait bien qu'il n'y ait plus de places it might ou could well be fully booked -
2 could
[ forma debole kəd] [ forma forte kʊd]it could be that... — potrebbe essere che
could be — colloq. forse
"did she know?" - "no, how could she?" — "lo sapeva?" - "no, come avrebbe potuto?"
you couldn't come earlier, could you? — non potresti arrivare prima, vero?
6) (expressing likelihood, assumption)he couldn't be more than 10 years old — non dovrebbe avere o non avrà più di 10 anni
••I could murder him! — colloq. l'ammazzerei!
Note:Could is formally the past tense and the conditional of can. As the past tense of can, could is translated by the appropriate past tense in the indicative: I couldn't leave the children = non potevo lasciare i bambini / non potei lasciare i bambini; few people could read or write = poche persone sapevano leggere o scrivere; he couldn't sleep for weeks = non è riuscito a dormire per settimane; we could hear them laughing = li sentivamo ridere. When preceded by and dependent on a verb in the past tense, could + verb is translated by the past conditional of the appropriate Italian verb: I was sure you could do it = ero sicuro che saresti riuscito a farlo. In reported speech, could is translated by the appropriate past tense, according to the rules of Italian grammar (see the note 1.dire): she never told us she could speak Chinese = non ci ha mai detto che sapeva parlare il cinese. - For more examples, particular usages and all other uses of could see the entry below* * *[kud]negative short form - couldn't; verb1) (past tense of can: They asked if I could drive a car; I said I couldn't; She asked if she could go.) potere2) (used to express a possibility: I could go but I'm not going to; I could do it next week if you helped me.) potere•* * *[ forma debole kəd] [ forma forte kʊd]it could be that... — potrebbe essere che
could be — colloq. forse
"did she know?" - "no, how could she?" — "lo sapeva?" - "no, come avrebbe potuto?"
you couldn't come earlier, could you? — non potresti arrivare prima, vero?
6) (expressing likelihood, assumption)he couldn't be more than 10 years old — non dovrebbe avere o non avrà più di 10 anni
••I could murder him! — colloq. l'ammazzerei!
Note:Could is formally the past tense and the conditional of can. As the past tense of can, could is translated by the appropriate past tense in the indicative: I couldn't leave the children = non potevo lasciare i bambini / non potei lasciare i bambini; few people could read or write = poche persone sapevano leggere o scrivere; he couldn't sleep for weeks = non è riuscito a dormire per settimane; we could hear them laughing = li sentivamo ridere. When preceded by and dependent on a verb in the past tense, could + verb is translated by the past conditional of the appropriate Italian verb: I was sure you could do it = ero sicuro che saresti riuscito a farlo. In reported speech, could is translated by the appropriate past tense, according to the rules of Italian grammar (see the note 1.dire): she never told us she could speak Chinese = non ci ha mai detto che sapeva parlare il cinese. - For more examples, particular usages and all other uses of could see the entry below -
3 could
[kud]negative short form - couldn't; verb1) (past tense of can: They asked if I could drive a car; I said I couldn't; She asked if she could go.) kunne2) (used to express a possibility: I could go but I'm not going to; I could do it next week if you helped me.) kunne•* * *[kud]negative short form - couldn't; verb1) (past tense of can: They asked if I could drive a car; I said I couldn't; She asked if she could go.) kunne2) (used to express a possibility: I could go but I'm not going to; I could do it next week if you helped me.) kunne• -
4 could
kudnegative short form - couldn't; verb1) (past tense of can: They asked if I could drive a car; I said I couldn't; She asked if she could go.) pasado del verbo ``poder''2) (used to express a possibility: I could go but I'm not going to; I could do it next week if you helped me.) para expresar posibilidad•could vbcould you help me? ¿me podrías ayudar?tr[kʊd]1→ link=can can{1 (asking permission) poder■ could I ask you a question? ¿podría hacerte una pregunta?■ could I use your 'phone? ¿me dejas llamar por teléfono?2 (requests) poder■ could I see the manager? ¿podría ver al director?■ could you close the door, please? ¿te importa cerrar la puerta?3 (possibility) poder■ that could be why... quizá sea por eso que...■ it couldn't have been Glen, he's on holiday no pudo ser Glen, está de vacaciones4 (suggestions) poder■ honestly, I could have hit her de verdad, le hubiera pegado■ you could have told me! ¡podías habérmelo dicho!\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLcould do with something necesitar algoaux.pret.(Preterito definido de "can")• de can pret.kʊd2) ( indicating possibility) poder*if I took a taxi, I could get there on time — si tomara un taxi, podría llegar a tiempo
you could have killed us all! — podrías or podías habernos matado a todos!
she couldn't have got there before six even if she'd tried — no podría haber llegado antes de las seis aunque lo hubiera intentado
3)a) ( asking permission)could I use your bathroom? — ¿podría or me permitiría pasar al baño?
b) ( in requests)could you sign here please? — ¿quiere firmar aquí, por favor?
4)a) ( in suggestions) poder*b) ( indicating strong desire) poder*I could have killed her — la hubiera matado, la podría or podía haber matado
[kʊd]VB see can I, 1)See:ABLE, CAN in able* * *[kʊd]2) ( indicating possibility) poder*if I took a taxi, I could get there on time — si tomara un taxi, podría llegar a tiempo
you could have killed us all! — podrías or podías habernos matado a todos!
she couldn't have got there before six even if she'd tried — no podría haber llegado antes de las seis aunque lo hubiera intentado
3)a) ( asking permission)could I use your bathroom? — ¿podría or me permitiría pasar al baño?
b) ( in requests)could you sign here please? — ¿quiere firmar aquí, por favor?
4)a) ( in suggestions) poder*b) ( indicating strong desire) poder*I could have killed her — la hubiera matado, la podría or podía haber matado
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5 Indirect speech
Непрямая (косвенная) речь ( также называется "Reported speech").Предложениями с непрямой речью называются предложения, которые не прямо цитируют, а "пересказывают" чье-либо высказывание. (Ср.:"She said she would be home by eight o'clock. — Она сказала, что вернется домой к восьми часам".)а) Утвердительное предложение в непрямой речи обычно преобразуется в именное придаточное предложение, введенное союзом that (см. Nominal clause, 2a)."I'll help you," he said. (пр.) - He said that he would help us. (непр.) — Он сказал, что поможет нам.
б) Вопрос в непрямой речи вводится союзами if, whether, а также вопросительными словами (подробнее см. Indirect question)."Will you help us?" I asked him. (пр.) - I asked if he would help us. (непр.) — Я спросил, не поможет ли он нам.
в) Команда, просьба в непрямой речи обычно выражается инфинитивным оборотом (Infinitive clause); в более формальном стиле также именным придаточным предложением. Инфинитивный оборот обычно не употребляется после глаголов suggest и say."Please, help us!" I asked him. (пр.) - I asked him to help us. (непр.) — Я попросил его помочь нам.
"Be careful!" I said. (пр.) — I told him that he ought to be careful.(непр.) — Я сказал ему, чтобы он был осторожен.
2) Выбор временной формы глагола в непрямой речи зависит от того, в каком времени употреблен глагол, вводящий непрямую речь. Об этом см. подробнее в Sequence of tenses; Rules for using sequence of tenses.3) Другие преобразования, необходимые при введении непрямой речи.а) Местоимения, как и в русском языке, заменяются в соответствии со смыслом:"I can't see you," he said. (пр.) - He said he couldn't see me. (непр.) — Он сказал, что не видит меня.
б) Некоторые наречия также заменяются в соответствии со смыслом (в правой колонке приведены те, которые употребляются в непрямой речи вместо соответствующих наречий в левой):now — immediately; then
yesterday — the previous day; the day before
tomorrow — the following day; the next day
two days ago — two days before; two days earlier
next day — the next day; the following day
•— Прямая речь см. Direct speech
— Непрямой вопрос см. Indirect question
— Согласование времен см. Sequence of tenses
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* * *[kud]negative short form - couldn't; verb1) (past tense of can: They asked if I could drive a car; I said I couldn't; She asked if she could go.) pret. von `können`2) (used to express a possibility: I could go but I'm not going to; I could do it next week if you helped me.) Konjunktiv von `können`•* * *[kʊd, kəd]pt, subjunctive of can* * *[kʊd] pret See: of can* * *2. (konditional, vermutend oder fragend) ich, er, sie, es könnte, du könntest, wir, Sie, sie könnten, ihr könntet:I could have killed him ich hätte ihn umbringen können;that could be right das könnte stimmen* * ** * *aux.kann aux.konnte aux.könnte aux. -
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kudnegative short form - couldn't; verb1) (past tense of can: They asked if I could drive a car; I said I couldn't; She asked if she could go.) kunne2) (used to express a possibility: I could go but I'm not going to; I could do it next week if you helped me.) kunne•kanhjelpeverb (pret. av can) \/kʊd\/, \/kəd\/1) kunne2) skulle kunne3) kunne, orket, klarte, maktet• how could he carry on?4) kunne få, få lov• could I speak to Mr. Smith?as nice as could be (hverdagslig, om person) verdens snilleste, den snilleste en kan tenke segcould be ( hverdagslig) kanskje det, mulig det, det kan være, muligens -
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[kud]negative short form - couldn't; verb1) (past tense of can: They asked if I could drive a car; I said I couldn't; She asked if she could go.) geta2) (used to express a possibility: I could go but I'm not going to; I could do it next week if you helped me.) geta• -
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[kud]negative short form - couldn't; verb1) (past tense of can: They asked if I could drive a car; I said I couldn't; She asked if she could go.) tud2) (used to express a possibility: I could go but I'm not going to; I could do it next week if you helped me.) tud(na)• -
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[kud]negative short form - couldn't; verb1) (past tense of can: They asked if I could drive a car; I said I couldn't; She asked if she could go.) poder2) (used to express a possibility: I could go but I'm not going to; I could do it next week if you helped me.) poder•* * *[kud] vt+vi sp of can. -
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[kud]negative short form - couldn't; verb1) (past tense of can: They asked if I could drive a car; I said I couldn't; She asked if she could go.)...-ebil(ir)(miy)di...2) (used to express a possibility: I could go but I'm not going to; I could do it next week if you helped me.)...-ebil(ir)(miy)di...• -
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[kud]negative short form - couldn't; verb1) (past tense of can: They asked if I could drive a car; I said I couldn't; She asked if she could go.)2) (used to express a possibility: I could go but I'm not going to; I could do it next week if you helped me.) lahko bi•* * *[kud]preterite & conditional od can -
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kudnegative short form - couldn't; verb1) (past tense of can: They asked if I could drive a car; I said I couldn't; She asked if she could go.) voi2) (used to express a possibility: I could go but I'm not going to; I could do it next week if you helped me.) voisi• -
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[kud]pt of can* * *[kud]negative short form - couldn't; verb1) (past tense of can: They asked if I could drive a car; I said I couldn't; She asked if she could go.)2) (used to express a possibility: I could go but I'm not going to; I could do it next week if you helped me.) mógłbym, mógłbyś, mógłby itd.• -
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[kud]negative short form - couldn't; verb1) (past tense of can: They asked if I could drive a car; I said I couldn't; She asked if she could go.)2) (used to express a possibility: I could go but I'm not going to; I could do it next week if you helped me.) varētu• -
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[kud]negative short form - couldn't; verb1) (past tense of can: They asked if I could drive a car; I said I couldn't; She asked if she could go.)2) (used to express a possibility: I could go but I'm not going to; I could do it next week if you helped me.) galėčiau, galėtum...• -
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[kud]negative short form - couldn't; verb1) (past tense of can: They asked if I could drive a car; I said I couldn't; She asked if she could go.)2) (used to express a possibility: I could go but I'm not going to; I could do it next week if you helped me.)• -
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[kud]negative short form - couldn't; verb1) (past tense of can: They asked if I could drive a car; I said I couldn't; She asked if she could go.) mohl, mohl by2) (used to express a possibility: I could go but I'm not going to; I could do it next week if you helped me.) mohl by•* * *• uměl• mohl• mohl by -
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[kud]negative short form - couldn't; verb1) (past tense of can: They asked if I could drive a car; I said I couldn't; She asked if she could go.) môcť, vedieť2) (used to express a possibility: I could go but I'm not going to; I could do it next week if you helped me.) môcť•* * *• mohol by som• mohol som• mohol -
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[kud]negative short form - couldn't; verb1) (past tense of can: They asked if I could drive a car; I said I couldn't; She asked if she could go.)2) (used to express a possibility: I could go but I'm not going to; I could do it next week if you helped me.)•
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