HW ex. 3 p. 147

1. can = voi; osaa / could = 1. voisi = konditionaali / 2. can-verbin imperfekti
Can you help me?
Can you speak Arabic?
Could you help me?
Matti could sing before he could read.
I can't speak Hebrew.
I cannot speak Arabic.
korvaava muoto: (to) be able to do s-g
1. yleispreesens
I can sing.  I am able to sing.
2. yleisimperfekti
I could sing when I was four.  I was able to sing.
3. yleisperfekti
I have always been able to sing.
4. yleispluskvamperfekti
I had always been able to sing.
5. I futuuri
I can sing at the wedding next week. I will be able to sing there.
6. I konditionaali
I would be able to sing.  I could sing.
7. II konditionaali
I would have been able to sing if they had asked me to. I could have sung.

I just heard that Donald J. Trump is going to get the Nobel Peace Prize.
You can't be serious! = Et voi mitenkään olla tosissasi.
Tinze can't have danced all week long. = Tinze ei ole voinut mitenkään tanssia koko viikkoa.

muita korvaavia muotoja:
1. KNOW HOW TO: Do you know how to speak French?
2. be unable to : Mom was unable to help us.
3. manage to: They managed to rescue the mountain climbers.
4. it's possible for s-b to do s-g: Is it possible for us to know the future?
5. it's impossible for s-b to do s-g: It is impossible for me to say what will happen?

aubergine = munakoiso
eggplant = munakoiso