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

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Elle a pu me mentir. She may have told me a lie.
J'ai pu commettre une erreur. I may have made a mistake.
Quelque chose aurait pu lui arriver. Something might have happened to her.
Vous auriez pu me le dire. You might have told me.
Tu aurais pu me le dire. You might have told me.
Eût-il entendu les nouvelles, il aurait pu être choqué. Had he heard the news, he might have been shocked.
N'eût été grâce à votre aide, j'aurais pu échouer. If it were not for your help, I might have failed.
S'il avait entendu les nouvelles, il aurait pu être choqué. Had he heard the news, he might have been shocked.
Tu aurais pu l'ajouter au lieu de l'écrire en commentaires. You might have added it instead of writing it in comments.
Cet enfant a pu être enlevé sur le chemin de chez lui. That child may have been kidnapped on his way home.
Il se consola avec la pensée que ça aurait pu être pire. He consoled himself with the thought that it might have been worse.
As-tu une idée de quand ces photos ont pu être prises ? Do you have any idea when those pictures might have been taken?
Avez-vous la moindre idée de quand ces photos ont pu être prises ? Do you have any idea when those pictures might have been taken?
J'ai pu te dire une telle chose, mais je ne m'en rappelle plus du tout. I may have told you such a thing, but I don't remember it at all.
"Tu vois," dit le frère ainé, "j'avais raison. J'ai vécu ici tranquille et bien, tandis que vous, bien qu'ayant pu être roi, avez traversé un bon nombre de difficultés." "You see," said the elder brother, "I was right. Here I have lived quietly and well, while you, though you may have been a king, have seen a great deal of trouble."
Il peut l'avoir vu. He may have seen it.
Ça peut se révéler utile. It might prove useful.
Mon explication peut sembler étrange. My explanation may sound strange.
Trop manger peut rendre malade. Eating too much may lead to sickness.
Tu peux prendre le livre. You may take the book.
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