"They would be able to tell us the truth."
Translation:Ils pourraient nous dire la vérité.
January 6, 2018
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dougsfrench
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Is "Ils seraient en mesure de nous dire la vérité" correct? It was shown to be wrong.
July 28, 2018
Probably because pouvoir as a noun means "power, ability, capacity" and, as a verb, means "be able to, can".
Therefore the conditional form of pouvoir (in this case "pourraient") translates to both "would be able to" and "could".
July 29, 2018
Any reason why "Elles pourraient nous raconter la vérité" is not accepted? My guess is that "dire la vérité" a fixed expression and that "raconter la vérité" would sound to a native French speaker something like "say the truth" would to an English speaker. I would appreciate if someone more knowledgable could confirm
February 6, 2019
