Breakdown of Le vaisseau pourra décoller plus vite avec cette technologie.
avec
with
ce
this (before a noun)
vite
fast, quickly
pouvoir
to be able to / can
Questions & Answers about Le vaisseau pourra décoller plus vite avec cette technologie.
Why is there a double 'r' in pourra?
Pourra means "will be able to". It is the future tense (futur simple) of the verb pouvoir (can / to be able to). Pouvoir has an irregular future stem: it changes to pourr-. Since le vaisseau (the spaceship) acts as an "it" (third-person singular), we add the matching ending -a to get pourra. Remember to always use the double 'r' when spelling this future stem!
Why isn't décoller conjugated here?
When two verbs appear right next to each other in French, only the first one is conjugated. The second verb stays in the infinitive (its dictionary form). Here, the first verb pourra is conjugated, so the second verb décoller (to take off) is left exactly as is.
The English translation says "faster". Why use plus vite instead of plus rapide?
In French, vite is an adverb, meaning it describes how an action is done. Here, it describes how the spaceship will take off (décoller). If you wanted to describe the spaceship itself as a noun (for example, "a faster spaceship"), you would use the adjective rapide instead (un vaisseau plus rapide).
Why is it cette technologie and not ce technologie?