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2) Surprise ( Can it be so late as all that? ),
3) Reproach ( You could at least have met me at the station, couldn t you?),
) Purpose ( I wrote down the telephone number so that I could remember it. ),
5) Improbability, incredulity ( He can t have seen it ),
6) Prohibition ( You can t cross the street here. )
Note some set expressions with the modal verb can:
Cannot/can t help doing smth . - He можу не робити щось
Example 1: When I saw him I couldn t help laughing. 1: Коли я побачив його, я не міг не засміятися.
Cannot/can t but do smth. - Не можу не ... 2: I cannot but suggest ... 2: Я не можу не запропонувати ...
We cannot but hope he is right. - Нам залишається тільки сподіватися, що ... (Не можемо не сподіватися ...)
Modal verb Maymodal verb may has the following forms: may - the Present tense (eg it may be true) and might - the Past tense. The form might is used in two ways:
) In past-time contexts, mainly in reported speech in accordance with the rules of the sequence of tenses.: He told me that it might be true: Він сказав мені, що це могло б бути правильно .
2) In present-time contexts as a milder and more polite form of may, or as a form implying more uncertainty than may.: Might I come and see you? It might be true. p align="justify"> Translation: Я міг би прийти провідати Вас? Це могло б бути правильно. p align="justify"> May has the following meanings:
) Permission.) In this usage it expresses the meaning to have permission to, to be allowed to, to be permitted to.1: You may go now (you are allowed to go). 1: Ви можете йти зараз (Вас дозволяють йти). p align="justify"> Example 2: May we leave this with you? (Are we allowed to ...? Is it all right if we leave it here?) 2: Ми можемо залишити це з тобою? (Нам дозволяють ...? Чи с...
