Synonyms: be able, can, be able to
Part of speech | verb |
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Pronunciation | /meɪ̯/ |
Hyphenation | may |
Shavian alphabet | 𐑥𐑱 |
Deseret alphabet | 𐑋𐐩 |
Indicative mood | |
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Present tense | Past tense |
(I) may | (I) might |
(thou) mayest, mayst | (thou) mightst, mightest |
(he) may | (he) might |
(we) may | (we) might |
(you) may | (you) might |
(they) may | (they) might |
Subjunctive mood | |
Present tense | Past tense |
(I) may | (I) might |
(thou) may | (thou) might |
(he) may | (he) might |
(we) may | (we) might |
(you) may | (you) might |
(they) may | (they) might |
Participles | |
Present participle | Past participle |
being able to | been able to |
Afrikaans | kan; mag |
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Catalan | poder |
Danish | kunne |
Dutch | kunnen |
English (Old English) | cunnan |
Esperanto | povi |
Faeroese | fáa; kunna |
Finnish | voida |
French | pouvoir |
German | können |
Italian | potere |
Kabylian | zmer |
Latin | posse; potui |
Low German | künnen |
Luxemburgish | kënnen |
Malay | boleh |
Papiamento | por |
Polish | móc |
Portuguese | poder; ter a faculdade de |
Romanian | putea |
Russian | мочь |
Saterland Frisian | duure; konne |
Scots | can |
Spanish | poder |
Sranan | kan; man |
Swahili | ‐weza |
Swedish | gitta; må; mäkta; orka |
Thai | เป็น; สามารถ; ไหว; ได้ |
West Frisian | meie |