You need to conjugate verbs in most languages. Whether you realize it or not, you conjugate verbs in English as well as in French. Use the French verb "avoir" for example. "j'ai" translates to "I...
Steps to conjugating an ER verb in french
1.write the verb and remove the ER (basically just x-ing it out
2.write the racine (racine is the verb or word before the er
3.add appropiate ending
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Je peux or puis nous pouvons tu peux vous pouvez il, elle peut ils, elles peuvent Above is the standard conjugation for the irregular verb pouvoir in French in the present tense.