Could is an auxiliary verb, a modal auxiliary verb. We use could to:
talk about past possibility or ability…تستخدم للتحدث عن إحتمالية حدوث أمر ما أو القدرة على القيام بشيء ما....
make requests….تستخدم للطلب..
Structure of Could….الصيغة
subject + could/ could not + main verb
My grandmother
could
swim
She
could not
walk.
The main verb is always the bare infinitive (infinitive without "to").
Use of could/ استخداماتها مع الأمثلة...
Could: Past Possibility or Ability
We use could to talk about what was possible
in the past, what we were able or free to do:
I could swim when I was 5 years old.
My grandmother could speak seven languages.
When we arrived home, we could not open the door. (...couldn't open the door.)
Could you understand what he was saying?
We use could (positive) and couldn't (negative)
for general ability in the past. ….إذن تستخدم للتحدث عن قدرات و احتمالات في الماضي عامة
Could: Requests
We often use could in a question to ask somebody
to do something.
The use of could in this way is fairly polite (formal):
Could you tell me where the bank is, please?
Could you send me a catalogue, please?
تستخدم لطلب القيام بأمر ما أو السؤال عن شيء ما للأشخاص عامة...و طبعا في الحاضر.....
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