FRENCH	ENGLISH
Passé première forme = avoir + participe passé
could have
T'aurais pu me le dire.	You could have told me.
Tu aurais pu me prévenir à l'avance. /pʀev(ə)niʀ/	You could have warned me ahead of time.
Il aurait pu m'appeler.	He could have called me.
T'aurais pu m'envoyer un texto. /tɛksto/	You could have texted me.
Ça aurait pu être n’importe qui.	It could have been any of us.
Ça aurait pu mal finir.	It could have ended badly.
Franchement, ça aurait pu être pire.	Frankly, it could have been worse.
Elle aurait pu le dire.	She could have said so.
Il aurait pu choisir le rez-de-chaussée. /ʀed(ə)ʃose/	He could have chosen the ground floor.
J’aurais pu venir avec toi.	I could have come with you.
J'aurais pu mieux faire.	I could have done better.
J'aurais pu t'aider.	I could have helped you.
J'aurais pu tenter le coup. /tɑ̃te/	I could have given it a try.
- Pourquoi pas ? / Tente le coup.	- Why not? / Give it a shot.
- Essaie. /esej/	- Try.
- Essaie-le.	- Try it.
- Essaie-le quand même. / Qu'as-tu à perdre ? /pɛʀdʀ/	- Try it anyway. / What do you have to lose?
- Vas-y.	- Go for it.
- Allez, fonce. / C’est ta chance. /ʃɑ̃s/	- Come on, go for it. / This is your chance.
On aurait pu prendre une employée de maison. /ɑ̃plwaje/	We could have hired a live-in maid.
On aurait pu prendre une femme de ménage. /menaʒ/	We could have hired a cleaning lady.
On aurait pu, on aurait dû.	We could have, we should have.
Qui aurait pu inventer cette histoire ? /ɛ̃vɑ̃te/	Who could have invented this story?
Sans le vouloir, on a causé un malentendu. /koze/ /malɑ̃tɑ̃dy/	Unintentionally, we caused a misunderstanding.
T'aurais pu mettre le feu. /fø/	You could have set it on fire.
Vous auriez pu mourir ! /muʀiʀ/	You could have died!
Negative
Je n'aurais pas pu vivre avec si c'était le cas.	I couldn't have lived with myself if that were the case.
Je n'aurais pas pu aller à l'université sans ton soutien. /sutjɛ̃/	I couldn't have gone to college without your support.
On aurait pas pu le faire sans toi.	We couldn't have done it without you.
Nous ne aurions pas pu demander plus.	We couldn't have asked for more.