Il verbo irregolare TO CAN

Il verbo can non è solo un verbo irregolare ma è anche un verbo modale! Soprattutto in inglese americano can può anche essere un sostantivo che significa: lattina (esempio: There’s a can of beer in the fridge = C’è una lattina di birra nel frigo); barattolo” (esempio: a can of paint = un barattolo di vernice); scatoletta (esempio: a can of tuna = una scatoletta di tonno); bidone (esempio: the trash can = il bidone della spazzatura.

present: CAN

past simple: COULD

past participle: BEEN ABLE

traduzione in italiano: POTERE, ESSERE CAPACE DI.

My childhood was a period of waiting for the moment when I could send everyone and everything connected with it to hell

La mia infanzia è stato un periodo di attesa per quel momento in cui avrei potuto mandare tutti e tutto all’inferno.

I have never been able to conceive how any rational being could propose happiness to himself from the exercise of power over others

Non sono mai stato capace ti concepire come un individuo razionale potesse proporsi di darsi un po’ di felicità dall’esercizio del potere sugli altri.

It is because Humanity has never known where it was going that it has been able to find its way

E’ perché l’Umanità non ha mai saputo dove stava andando che è stata in grado di trovare la propria via

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