Grammatical class

Adjective

incapable

unable, incapable

Details

Syllables

in-ca-pa-ble

Phonetics

ɛ̃.ka.pabl

Grammatical class

Adjective

Freq. (books)

18088

Freq. (movies)

13044

Freq. (news)

4979

Sentences

Il est incapable de mentir.

He is incapable of telling a lie.

A1

Il est incapable de chanter.

He can't sing.

A1

Il était incapable de bouger.

He was unable to move.

A1

Je suis incapable de siffler.

I cannot whistle.

A1

Je suis incapable de faire ça.

I'm unable to do that.

A2

J'ai été incapable de sauver Tom.

I was unable to save Tom.

A2

J'étais incapable d'aller dehors.

I was unable to go outside.

B1

Tu peux nager mais j'en suis incapable.

You can swim, but I can't.

B1

Tom était incapable de quitter Marie du regard.

Tom couldn't keep his eyes off of Mary.

B1

Je suis incapable de marcher aussi vite que lui.

I can't walk as fast as he does.

B1

Il semble être incapable de nager.

It seems that he is unable to swim.

B2

Je fus incapable de me tenir debout plus longtemps.

I was unable to stand any longer.

B2