could
could
kƊd
kood
/kƊd/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "could"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

01

āĻĒāĻžāϰāϤāĻžāĻŽ, āĻĒāĻžāϰāϤ

used as the past tense of ‘can’
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Yesterday, I could see the stars clearly in the night sky.
āĻ—āϤāĻ•āĻžāϞ, āφāĻŽāĻŋ āϰāĻžāϤ⧇āϰ āφāĻ•āĻžāĻļ⧇ āĻ¸ā§āĻĒāĻˇā§āϟāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āϤ⧇ āĻĒ⧇āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĻžāĻŽāĨ¤
02

āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻŦ⧇āύ, āϤ⧁āĻŽāĻŋ āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻŦ⧇

used to ask if one can do something
Transitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Could you help me with my homework?
āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋ āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻšā§‹āĻŽāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāĻ°ā§āϕ⧇ āφāĻŽāĻžāϕ⧇ āϏāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ¯ā§āϝ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āύ?
03

āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇, āĻĒāĻžāϰāϤ

used to show the possibility of something happening or being the case
Transitive
04

āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇, āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧋

used to present an offer or recommendation
Transitive
LanGeek
āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāĻĒ āĻĄāĻžāωāύāϞ⧋āĻĄ āĻ•āϰ⧁āύ