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
Variants
Sentences
Il est incapable de mentir.
He is incapable of telling a lie.
Il est incapable de chanter.
He can't sing.
Il était incapable de bouger.
He was unable to move.
Je suis incapable de siffler.
I cannot whistle.
Je suis incapable de faire ça.
I'm unable to do that.
J'ai été incapable de sauver Tom.
I was unable to save Tom.
J'étais incapable d'aller dehors.
I was unable to go outside.
Tu peux nager mais j'en suis incapable.
You can swim, but I can't.
Tom était incapable de quitter Marie du regard.
Tom couldn't keep his eyes off of Mary.
Je suis incapable de marcher aussi vite que lui.
I can't walk as fast as he does.
Il semble être incapable de nager.
It seems that he is unable to swim.
Je fus incapable de me tenir debout plus longtemps.
I was unable to stand any longer.