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Você podia ter sido mais claro.

You could have been clearer.

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Pourquoi chaque mot est à sa place

Vocêpronomyou2e pers. sing.podia1verbecouldpoder · imparfait · 3e pers. sing.ter1verbeto haveinfinitifsidoverbebeenser · participe · masc. · sing.maisadverbemoreclaroadjectifclearmasc. · sing..

ter → sido: compound infinitive
Você → claro: masculine

Pourquoi elle est construite ainsi

Les notes correspondent aux numéros ci-dessus.

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podia ter sido + adjective = could have been. Conditional sentences III: unreal past & mixed →