Sentence examples of "been able" in English with translation "können"

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It wouldn't have been able to have been done. Es hätte nicht gemacht werden können.
How do you draw so well? I've never been able to do that. Wie kannst du so gut zeichnen? Ich konnte das nie.
It was very pleasant. However, it would have been more pleasant if I had been able to speak English fluently. Es war sehr angenehm, doch wäre es angenehmer gewesen, hätte ich fließend Englisch sprechen können.
The great question that has never been answered, and which I have not yet been able to answer, despite my thirty years of research into the feminine soul, is "What does a woman want?" Die grosse Frage, die nie beantwortet worden ist und die ich trotz dreißig Jahre langem Forschen in der weiblichen Seele nie habe beantworten können, ist die: Was will das Weib?
She is able to skate. Sie kann Schlittschuh laufen.
Madonna is able to sing. Madonna kann singen.
I might be able to help. Ich könnte helfen.
Tom is able to swim well. Tom kann gut schwimmen.
The baby is able to walk. Das Baby kann laufen.
Tom is able to play soccer. Tom kann Fußball spielen.
I was able to help her. Ich konnte ihr helfen.
Tom was able to help Mary. Tom konnte Mary helfen.
I am able to drive a car. Ich kann Auto fahren.
Tom will be able to swim soon. Tom wird bald schwimmen können.
I will be able to marry her. Ich werde sie heiraten können.
You will soon be able to swim. Du wirst bald schwimmen können.
He may be able to come tomorrow. Vielleicht kann er morgen kommen.
She will be able to swim soon. Bald wird sie schwimmen können.
He is able to speak five languages. Er kann fünf Sprachen sprechen.
He is able to play the guitar. Er kann Gitarre spielen.
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