Vouloir, Pouvoir, Devoir in the Present
DEVOIR, POUVOIR,VOULOIR
Learn the Present of Devoir, Pouvoir, Vouloir
COUCOU !
You may have already realized that the number of irregular verbs in French is pretty high unfortunately. In the present of the indicative alone, there are a bunch of irregular verbs. Here are three of them ending in -OIR. Time for you to memorize them ! Their conjugations are pretty similar though. Have a look, enjoy and get those verbal skills down !
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POUVOIR (can / to be able to)
Je peux
Tu peux
Il/elle/on peut
Nous pouvons
Vous pouvez
Ils/elles peuvent
DEVOIR (to have to / to be set to)
Je dois
Tu dois
Il/elle doit
Nous devons
Vous devez
Ils/elles doivent
VOULOIR (to want)
Je veux
Tu veux
Il/elle/on veut
Nous voulons
Vous voulez
Ils/elles veulent
Reminder :
To form the negative, just add NE before the verb, and PAS after the verb.
Ex : JE NE VEUX PAS.
Fun cultural fact on JE VEUX
French singer Zaz has a song entitled « JE VEUX » and which is pretty fun to listen too. It’s got a fast pace though.
Linguistic fact on DEVOIR/POUVOIR/VOULOIR
Used as a noun, the above verbs take on slighty different meanings…
UN DEVOIR = a duty
UN POUVOIR = a power
SON BON VOULOIR = his/her good will
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Practise Use of DEVOIR/POUVOIR/VOULOIR
Fill in the blanks using the most relevant verb at the right form. If you need extra help, please refer to the translation of the sentences below the exercise.
- Vous ____________ bien me rendre un service s’il vous plaît ?
- Je sais qu’il est occupé, mais quand _______-il passer ?
- Tu _________ vraiment partir en France seule ?
- Nous ____________ tous accepter de faire des choses que nous n’aimons pas.
- Pablo ____________ arriver vers 15h, c’est prévu comme ça.
- SoSo et Lili _________ voyager ensemble. Elles ont très envie de faire ça !
Translation
- Will you do me a favor, please ?
- I know he’s busy, but when can he stop by ?
- Do you really want to go to France alone ?
- We all have to accept to do things we don’t like.
- Pablo is supposed to arrive around 3 p.m., it’s been planned this way.
- SoSo and Lili want to travel together. They really want to do that.
Answers : voulez – peut – veux – devons – doit – veulent.
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