може

Bulgarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɔʒɛ]

Verb

мо́же • (móže)

1. third-person singular present indicative of мо́га (móga)

Predicative

мо́же • (móže)

1. it is allowed, one may

   Тук мо́же да се пу́ши

   Tuk móže da se púši

   It is OK to smoke here.

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Macedonian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *moťi. Compare Bulgarian мога (moga), Serbo-Croatian моћи, Russian мочь (močʹ), Polish móc.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɔʒɛ]

Verb

може • (može) third-singular present, impf (perfective смогне)

1. (transitive) to be able
2. (intransitive, colloquial) to be allowed or enabled, may

Usage notes

• This verb is used to denote capability unrelated to knowledge or skill. To express the notion of being able to in the sense of knowing how to, "знае" is used. Hence, "можам да пливам" doesn't mean that the speaker has acquired the skill of swimming but something such as not being too tired or injured to swim (for example).

• This verb generally isn't used with verbs related to the sense. Hence, "I can see" is often simply "гледам" rather than "можам да гледам" (the latter is also acceptable, but may imply something else, such as that seeing is a possible option rather than that one has good vision or a good line of sight).

Conjugation

Conjugation of може (imperfective, present in -е)

l-participles	imperfect	aorist	non-finite forms
masculine	можел	—	adjectival participle	—
feminine	можела	—	adverbial participle	можејќи
neuter	можело	—	verbal noun	можење
plural	можеле	—	perfect participle	можено
	present	imperfect	aorist	imperative
1st singular	можам	можев	—	—
2nd singular	можеш	можеше	—	можи
3rd singular	може	можеше	—	—
1st plural	можеме	можевме	—	—
2nd plural	можете	можевте	—	можете
3rd plural	можат	можеа	—	—
Compound tenses
perfect	сум можел		present of сум (except in the 3rd person) + imperfect l-participle
има-perfect	имам можено		present of има + perfect participle
pluperfect	бев можел		imperfect of сум + imperfect l-participle
има-pluperfect	имав можено		imperfect of има + perfect participle
има-perfect reported	сум имал можено		perfect of има + perfect participle
future	ќе можам		ќе + present
има-future	ќе имам можено		future of има + perfect participle
future in the past	ќе можев		ќе + imperfect
има-future in the past	ќе имав можено		future in the past of има + perfect participle
future reported	ќе сум можел		ќе + imperfect l-participle
има-future reported	ќе сум имал можено		future reported of има + perfect participle
conditional	би можел		би + imperfect l-participle
има-conditional	би имал можено		conditional of има + perfect participle

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Ukrainian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɔʒe]

Verb

мо́же • (móže)

1. third-person singular present indicative imperfective of могти́ (mohtý)