what is the actual meaning of "would" and "could"? - eviltoast

hii,

I am learning English for around 5 years and I still can’t comprehend the meaning of “would” and “count” in some context. are they just past form of “will” and “can”?

“would you like coffee” means a person is asking if you liked coffee in past? “I would do it” means I did it in past?

I really don’t understand since my language doesn’t have anything like those words.

Edit: Thank you for answering my naive question :)

  • herescunty@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    You would have got it perfect if you had said “I would have loved it if you could have helped me”, but you could say that you got it right.