you could have
Tu aurais pu l'ajouter au lieu de l'écrire en commentaires.
You could have added it instead of writing it in the comments.
Je sais ce que tu aurais pu faire.
I know what you could have done.
Tu aurais pu me dire que tu venais.
You could have told me you were coming.
Tu aurais pu nous dire que tu viendrais en voiture de police.
You could have told us you were coming in a police car.
— Insaisissables 3 (2025)
Mais tu aurais pu mettre fin à la guerre.
But you could have ended the war.
Tu aurais pu faire un effort sur l'emballage tout de même.
You could have made more of an effort with the packaging, though.
Avec mon expérience, tu aurais pu emporter un âne.
With my experience, you could have taken a donkey.
— Salyut-7 (2017)