'can' is a modal auxiliary. These verbs don't work in the same way as standard verbs.
Here's how to conjugate 'can':
Indicative
Present (simple)
I can conjugate
you can conjugate
he can conjugate
she can conjugate
it can conjugate
we can conjugate
you can conjugate
they can conjugate
Present progressive / continuous
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Present perfect progressive / continuous
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Examples of conjugation of the verb Can
Indicative Present (simple): Despite losing his sense of smell years ago, Bruno Delavigne can identify a flawed fragrance formula just by reading the ingredient list.
Indicative Present progressive / continuous: The Delavigne Corporation's new marketing director is finding that she can barely keep up with Bruno's relentless schedule of surfing, travel, and board meetings.
Indicative Past (simple): As a boy in Montmartre, Bruno could spend entire afternoons at his grandfather Xavier's side, learning the secrets of every fragrance on the shelf.
Indicative Past progressive / continuous: Horatio Oléré recalled that Bruno could not be reached during the running of the bulls because he was sprinting through the streets of Pamplona and could not hear his phone.
Indicative Present perfect (simple): The noseless perfumer has proven that he can still lead one of the most respected companies in the cosmetics world, nose or no nose.
Indicative Present perfect progressive / continuous: Environmental activists have been saying that the Delavigne Corporation can do even more for green causes, and Bruno has been listening carefully.
Indicative Past perfect: By the time Bruno expanded his grandfather's tiny Montmartre shop into a global corporation, he had shown that a man could build an empire through sheer determination alone.
Indicative Past perfect progressive / continuous: Horatio had been insisting for years that Bruno could delegate more responsibilities, but the CEO had never taken that advice seriously until the Pamplona incident.
Indicative Future: Next spring, the San Francisco surfer will demonstrate that he can ride a wave and pitch a fragrance concept to investors on the same afternoon.
Indicative Future progressive / continuous: During the Delavigne Corporation's annual summit, Bruno will be showing his staff that they can achieve ambitious sustainability targets without sacrificing profitability.
Indicative Future perfect: By the time he retires, the grandson of Xavier will have proven that a perfumer without a nose can still change the fragrance industry forever.
Indicative Future perfect progressive / continuous: By the end of next year, Bruno will have been showing the world that the Delavigne Corporation can lead on fragrance fire prevention for over a decade.
Conditional Simple: Horatio believes that Bruno could attract twice as many environmental sponsors if he agreed to give a keynote speech in Pamplona after the bull run.
Conditional Progressive: If the San Francisco surf conditions were better this morning, the CEO would be proving right now that he can tackle a six-foot wave before breakfast.
Conditional Perfect: Without the tragic explosion that claimed Xavier's life, Bruno could have learned even more of his grandfather's most guarded perfume-making secrets.
Conditional Perfect progressive: Had Horatio not stepped in to manage operations, Bruno could have been running the Delavigne Corporation entirely from a surfboard off the San Francisco coast.
Imperative Imperative: « Can you please remind the team that fragrance fire prevention is not optional around here? » Bruno calls out to Horatio from across the Delavigne Corporation lobby.
Translation
Français
pouvoir
Deutsch
können
Español
poder
Italiano
potere
Português
poder
Nederlands
kunnen, mogen
中文
能够……
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