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Verbi Modali, Managed to Was able to - Coggle Diagram

- - - - Usato con:
        see - hear - smell - taste
        feel - remember - understand
      - As soon as I walked into the room, I could smell gas
        My grandfather could speak 5 languages
      - When I was a child I could play football.
        (cioè, ora non lo faccio più) =
        When I was a child I played football
        DIVERSO da
        I play football since I was child (cioè, ancora gioco a pallone)
    - - We were totally free. We could do what we wanted
        (= we allowed to do)
      - I could play football if I was able to (periodo ipotetico)
        We could have pasta for dinner.
        We could go the cinema on Sunday.
        I could go to Spain on holidays
    - - quando dobbiamo parlare al passato
      - o per qualcosa che poteva accadere ma che non è successa
        
        I could have studied medicine (avrei potuto studiare...)