Tu peux emporter ce roman pour le lire dans le train.

You can take this novel with you to read on the train.

Breakdown of Tu peux emporter ce roman pour le lire dans le train.

• tu: you (informal singular)
• dans: in
• lire: to read
• ce: this

Questions & Answers about Tu peux emporter ce roman pour le lire dans le train.

Why does the sentence start with tu instead of vous?

Tu is the informal singular word for you in French. It is used with:

• friends
• family
• children
• people you know well

Vous is used for:

• one person in a formal situation
• more than one person

So Tu peux... means You can... when speaking casually to one person.

What does peux mean, and what verb does it come from?

Peux comes from the verb pouvoir, which means to be able to / can.

Here is the present tense:

• je peux
• tu peux
• il/elle/on peut
• nous pouvons
• vous pouvez
• ils/elles peuvent

So Tu peux means You can.

Why is it emporter and not just porter?