Teach Y G - 10 - Possibility, capacity and permission

Question 1

1. to state possibility eg puede llover = it may rain
2. to state capacity eg no puedo hacer eso = I can’t do that
3. to ASK permission eg ¿puedo fumar? = may I smoke

Answer 1

What 3 things can poder be used to express?

Question 2

the impersonal se

Answer 2

what do you use to express if one is allowed to do something?

Question 3

Saber

Answer 3

What other verb can you use to state capacity (but not possibility or permission)?

Question 4

1. Puede estar in casa?

2. Poder to state possibility/probability

Answer 4

1. s/he may be at home?

2. why use that verb?

Question 5

1. Puedo estar aquí a las 6.00

2. Poder to state capacity

Answer 5

1. I can be here at 6.00

2. why use that verb?

Question 6

1. ¿Se puede aparcar aquí?
2. Si, se puede
3. Poder + se = ASK permission

Answer 6

1. Can one park here?
2. Yes, it is allowed.
3. Why use that verb?

Question 7

1. ¿Sabes jugar al tenis?

2. Saber to STATE capacity

Answer 7

1. Do you know how to play tennis?

2. why use that verb?

Question 8

conjugate poder + infinitive

Answer 8

What is the structure for poder + possibility, capacity, permission?

Question 9

1. Puede suceder? + state possibility
2. No puedo ayudarte. + state capacity
3. ¿Puedo pasar? + state permission
4. conjugate poder + infinitive

Answer 9

1. It may happen? + what circumstance
2. I can’t help you? + what circumstance
3. May I come in? + what circumstance
4. what structure?

Question 10

conjugate saber + infinitive

Answer 10

What is the structure for saber + capacity?

Question 11

1. ¿Sabes tocar el piano?

2. conj. saber + infinitive = capacity

Answer 11

1. Do you know how to play the piano?

2. What structure?

Question 12

1. ¿Se puede comer aquí?

2. conj. poder + inf + se = permission

Answer 12

1. Can one eat here?

2. What structure?

Question 13

1. ¿Qué se puede hacer en Barcelona?

2. conj. poder + inf + se = impersonal sentence

Answer 13

1. What is there to do in Barcelona?

2. What structure?

Question 14

1. Se puede ir a algún museo.

2. conj. poder + inf + se = impersonal sentence

Answer 14

1. One can go to a museum?

2. What structure?

Question 15

1. ¿Y por la noche qué se puede hacer?

2. conj poder + inf + se = impersonal sentence

Answer 15

1. What is there to do at night?

2. What structure?

Question 16

es posible + infinitive

Answer 16

What is the 2nd way to state possibility in Spanish?

Question 17

1. ¿Es posible reservar una habitación por teléfono?

2. es posible + inf = STATE possibility

Answer 17

1. Is it possible to book a room on the phone?

2. What structure?

Question 18

1. Por supuesto que es posible.

2. es posible + inf = STATE possibility

Answer 18

1. Of course, it’s possible.

2. What structure?

Question 19

conj. poder + inf = STATE possibility

Answer 19

Which of the 2 ways to state possibility is the most common