could
ππcan ၏ past tense α‘αြα ် αုံးαိုα်αα်။
α‘αူးααြα့်
see, hear, smell, taste, feel, remember, understand α αα်αို့αှα့် αွဲαုံးαα်။
I could smell the gas as soon as I entered the house.
I couldn't hear very well from the back of the theatre.
to say that somebody had the general ability to do something
α ွα်းαα် αα ်αုαုαှိαြောα်း αြောαာαွα်αုံး
My grandfather could speak five languages.
to say that somebody had the permission to do something
αွα့်αြုαျα် αောα်းαာαွα် αုံး
We were totally free. We could do what we wanted.
ππto talk about possible action now or in the future (especially to make suggestions)
What shall we do tomorrow?
ααα်αြα်αါ αာαုα်αြααဲ
We could go to the cinema.
αုα်αှα်αွားαြαα်αေ (αုုα်αှα်αွားαို့ααα်)
(Not used as the past of can)
ππfor the actions which are not realistic
I am so tired, I could sleep for a week. αါ α‘αα်းαα်αα်းαေαα်။ αα ်αα်αောα်αောα် αααဲ α‘ိα်αα ်αိုα်αိုα်αα်။ (ααα်αော့ αα်αူαှ αα ်αα်αောα် αα်αိုα်αα‘ိα်αိုα်။ not realistic αါαြောα့် can ααုံး could αုံး)
I am so hungry. I could eat you up.
ππto say that something is possible now or in the future. The meaning is similar to may or might.
αြα ်αိုα်αာαို αြောαို့αုံး. may/might αို့ αုံးααိုαျိုး
The story could be true. But I don't believe.
ππpast tense of could = could have done
I was so hungry. I could have eaten you up.
something could have happened = it was possible to happen but did not happen
αြα ်αိုα်αဲ့αα် ααြα ်αဲ့
Diana was lucky. She could have died in her car crash. But luckily she survived.
ππfor request
Could you wait a moment, please?
ααα ောα့်αို့αααား (not the past of can)
Do you think you could…….= request
Do you think you could lend me your car?
ππAsking for things
ααုαုαောα်းαဲ့αေαာαှာ αုံး
(at the coffee bar) Could I have a cup of coffee, please?
αော်αီαα ်αွα်αေးαါ/ αါαော်αီααွα် ααိုα်ααား αျေးαူးαြု၍
ππAsking to do things
ααုαုαုα်αျα်αို့ αေးαဲ့α‘αါ αုံး
Could I use your car?
αα်းαားαို αုံးαို့αααား
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