pourrais
Pourrais is the présent du conditionnel of the French verb pouvoir, meaning "could" or "would be able to." It is used to express possibility, hypothetical ability, or polite requests. The full set of present conditional forms is: je pourrais, tu pourrais, il/elle pourrait; nous pourrions, vous pourriez, ils/elles pourraient. When used without an explicit subject, pourrais can be read as either je pourrais or tu pourrais, depending on the surrounding context.
Usage-wise, pourrais conveys nuance beyond simple ability. It often signals uncertainty or politeness, particularly in requests.
Grammatical notes: the conditional présent shares its stem with the future simple (pourr-). It is formed by
Etymology: pouvoir comes from Latin posse, via Old French and other intermediaries. The conditional form pourr-