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Modal Verbs·Potere – Ability vs Permission
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Rule reminder

Potere expresses ABILITY ('I can swim') and PERMISSION ('May I leave?'). Always followed by an infinitive. Example: Posso uscire? = Can I go out?

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Traduci: 'Can you help me?' (informal)

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→ Potere – All Persons→ Potere – Completing Sentences→ Potere – English to Italian→ Potere – Polite Requests
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