Fiche pedagogique Cabinet Action pour maitriser le vocabulaire de can t au passe en anglais avec prononciation phonetique simplifiee francais et 20 exemples professionnels.
| Francais | Anglais | Prononciation | Exemple |
|---|---|---|---|
| je ne pouvais pas | I couldn t | AI KOUD-nt | I couldn t come yesterday. |
| je n ai pas pu (specifique) | I wasn t able to | AI ouoz-nt EI-bl tu | I wasn t able to attend the meeting. |
| nous n avons pas pu | we weren t able to | ouEURNT EI-bl tu | We weren t able to finish on time. |
| je n ai pas reussi | I didn t manage to | AI did-nt MA-nedj tu | I didn t manage to call him. |
| plus tot je n avais pu | I hadn t been able to | AI HAD-nt BIN EI-bl | I hadn t been able to prepare. |
| incapacite passee | past inability | PAST in-a-BI-li-ti | Past inability requires couldn t. |
| evenement specifique | specific event | spe-SI-fic i-VENT | Wasn t able to for one event. |
| contexte general | general context | DJE-ne-ral KON-tekst | Couldn t for general context. |
| regle des deux modaux | no double modal rule | NOW DA-bl MOW-dal | No double modal rule applies. |
| interdiction (faux) | I will can t (wrong) | AI ouil KAN-t | I will can t is incorrect. |
| forme correcte futur | I won t be able to | AI OUONT bi EI-bl | I won t be able to attend. |
| conditionnel passe | I couldn t have done | AI KOUD-nt HAV DAN | I couldn t have done it alone. |
| regret passe | couldn t have | KOUD-nt HAV | I couldn t have known. |
| doute passe | could hardly | KOUD HARD-li | She could hardly speak. |
| a peine pouvais | barely able | BEUR-li EI-bl | Barely able to walk after surgery. |
| pas le droit | wasn t allowed to | ouoz-nt a-LAOUD | I wasn t allowed to enter. |
| incapable techniquement | unable to | an-EI-bl tu | Unable to login this morning. |
| manquer a faire | failed to | FEILD tu | He failed to deliver the report. |
| opportunite manquee | missed the chance | MIST tzeu CHANS | I missed the chance to apply. |
| imparfait | used to be unable | YOUZD tu bi an-EI-bl | I used to be unable to drive. |
Etudie par Pimsleur (1967) puis confirme par Bjork (Stanford 2019), le Spaced Repetition System (SRS) garantit 90 % de retention a 6 mois. Planning Cabinet Action :
| Erreur | Correction | Pourquoi |
|---|---|---|
| Calque litteral du francais | Adapter au contexte anglais | L anglais privilegie le concret, le francais l abstrait |
| Confondre UK et US | Choisir une variete et la maintenir | couldn't have done (UK) / could not have done (US) |
| Negliger la prononciation | Ecouter et repeter 3 fois | L oral est evalue dans 80 % des entretiens |
| Liste sans contexte | Toujours en phrase complete | La memoire est contextuelle, pas alphabetique |