Sentence examples of "pu" in French with translation "can"

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Tu aurais pu le faire. You could have done it.
Nous avons pu nous comprendre. We could understand each other.
J'ai pu voir ça. I could see that.
J'aimerais avoir pu faire davantage. I wish there was more I could have done.
Je n'ai pu rien voir. I could not see anything.
Je n'aurais pu prévenir cela. I couldn't have prevented this.
J'aimerais avoir pu parler espagnol. I wish I could have spoken Spanish.
Il n'a pu dire un mensonge. He can't have told a lie.
J'aurais pu faire mieux que lui. I could have done better than he.
Il n'a pas pu être malade. He can't have been ill.
Nous n'avons pas pu le convaincre. We couldn't convince him.
Le temps n'aurait pu être meilleur. The weather couldn't have been better.
Il n'a pas pu faire ça. He can not have done that.
Il n'a pas pu avoir le poste. He couldn't get the job.
Au moins il a pu finir ce travail. At last he could finish the work.
Je n'ai pu m'empêcher de rire. I couldn't stop laughing.
Je n'ai pas pu trouver sa maison. I couldn't find his house.
Ça n'aurait pu venir à pire moment. It couldn’t have come at a worse time.
Ils n'ont pas pu y aller rapidement. They could not get there quickly.
Grâce à ton aide, j'ai pu réussir. Thanks to your help, I could succeed.
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