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* CAN/COULD *
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Utilizare:
"CAN" poate fi folosit:

1.Pentru a exprima o abilitate mental� prezent� sau viitoare:

My sister can speak three foreign languages.

2.Pentru aexprima aspectul continuu al verbelor de perceptie(to hear,

to see):

I can hear that noise now.

3.Pentru a exprima permisiunea :

Can I borrow your umbrella?

4.Pentru a exprima posibilitatea �n anumite circumstante:

If my cousins come to my village, we can swim.

5.Pentru a exprima imposibilitatea.In acest caz "can" poate fi urmat

de prezent sau de un timp treut:

Can Jane make such a mistake?

6.Pentru a exprima o cerere politicoas�:

Can we call later?

"COULD" poate fi folosit:

1.Pentru a exprima o abilitate mental� sau fizic� trecut�:

When she was young, she could skate very well.

In acest context "can/could" pot fi �nlocuite cu "to be able to":

We are able to understand him very well.

Dar c�nd are �ntelesul de a se descurca, a reusi trebuie folosit

neap�rat "to be able to ":

I am sure that, if you are attentive,you are able to

do such a difficult exercise.

Pentru forma negativ� ambele forme pot fi folosite:

I don't know why William could not/was not able to

finish that book.

2.Pentru a exprima prezentul conditional:

You could get there in time if you took a taxi.

3.Pentru a exprima o cerere politicoas�:

Could you show me the way to the railway station?

4.Pentru a exprima ceva disp�rut, care nu mai este �n zilele noastre:

Before World War II such cars could often be seen in the streets.

5.Pentru a exprima o posibilitate din trecut ce depindea de

anumite circumstante:

At the seaside we could buy a lot of souvenirs.

6.Pentru a exprima o permisiune trecut�:

As we had all our papers in order, we could pass

through the customs very rapidly.