Can and may (pot merge, pot să merg)

I can, you can

A putea means can, to be able to — and, in a question, may. Its present tense:

The verb after it stays in its dictionary form — no să, no ending:

Or with să

You can also use să and the subjunctive you have just learned, exactly as after vreau. Both mean the same; the short form is a little more common in speech.

Poate is both he / she can and the adverb maybe: el poate citi (he can read), but poate citește (maybe he is reading).