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 :)
You’re probably gonna get a better technical answer in !linguistics@mander.xyz on language questions.
It’s not dealing with the past, but with things that don’t happen or might not happen.
Does this answer your question? It’s probably better than an ad-hoc explanation.
https://www.britannica.com/dictionary/eb/qa/How-to-Use-Could-Would-and-Should