Questions & Answers about Podríem bullir més arròs en una cassola més gran.
Why does the sentence start with Podríem? What tense or mood is that?
Podríem is the conditional form of poder (to be able to / can), for nosaltres (we).
So:
- puc = I can
- podem = we can
- podríem = we could / we would be able to
In this sentence, podríem bullir... means we could boil.... It suggests a possibility, option, or polite proposal rather than something definite.
Why is bullir in the infinitive?
Because it comes after Podríem.
In Catalan, after a modal verb like poder (can / could), the next verb usually stays in the infinitive:
- Podem menjar = We can eat
- Podríem sortir = We could go out
- Podríem bullir = We could boil
So bullir means to boil, and it stays unchanged here.
What exactly does més mean in this sentence?