En esta publicación encontrarás las diferencia entre los verbos modales “can” y “could”
Por lo general, los verbos modales “can” y “could” no crean tanta confusión.
- I can learn languages fast (Habilidad)
- I could learn another language (Posibilidad)
- Can you turn off the TV? (Solicitudes)
- Could you turn on the radio? (Solicitudes)
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Diferencia entre Can y Could: Habilidad
El verbo modal “can” significa poder y se usa para hablar sobre la habilidad en Inglés
- I can run really fast
- You can swim like a professional swimmer
- He can play the piano
- She can fly airplanes
- We can play basketball
- They can cook all types of Thai food
El verbo modal “could” significa podría y se usa para hablar sobre la habilidad en pasado.
- I could skate when I was five
- He could win street fights
- She could fix old watches
- We could play soccer
- You could outrun all these people
- They could make delicious cakes
Diferencia entre Can y Could: Permisos
El verbo modal “can” también se usa para pedir permiso
- Can I leave now?
- Can I use your phone?
- Can I drive your car?
- Can I have your number?
- Can I paint these walls?
El verbo modal “could” también se usa para pedir permiso
- Could we leave now?
- Could I use your phone?
- Could I drive your car?
- Could I make a call?
- Could I go and meet them?
Diferencia entre Can y Could: Solicitudes
El verbo modal “can” también se usa para hacer solicitudes
- Can you help me with my homework?
- Can you fix my IPhone?
- Can you give me a glass of water?
- Can you turn off the fan?
- Can you repair that old gate?
- Can you monitor the database performance?
El verbo modal “could” también se usa para hacer solicitudes pero este es mucho más formal.
- Could you check my code?
- Could you secure my website?
- Could you buy me some Ice cream?
- Could you talk to Human Resources about it?
- Could you please lock the door?
- Could you check my car tires?
Could para Sugerencias
Could se puede usar para hablar de sugerencias
- We could go to the park
- We could watch some movies
- We could spend some time at the beach
- We could take the next train
- We could meet at the weekend.
- You could eat out tonight.
- You could find another apartment
- You could transfer to another school
Can y Could para Posibilidades
Can se usa para hablar de que algo esta dentro de lo posible.
- You can buy any phone you want
- You can travel the world
- You can travel to Japan
- You can choose another local gym
- You can find another job
Could tambien se usa para hablar de posibilidades.
- They could come by car.
- They could be at home
- They could take another road
- They could get here any minute
- She could call the police
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