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.

Macedonian

Etymology

Inherited 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 (možel)	—	adjectival participle	—
feminine	можела (možela)	—	adverbial participle	можејќи (možejḱi)
neuter	можело (moželo)	—	verbal noun	можење (moženje)
plural	можеле (možele)	—	perfect participle	можено (moženo)
finite forms	present	imperfect	aorist	imperative
1st singular	можам (možam)	можев (možev)	—	—
2nd singular	можеш (možeš)	можеше (možeše)	—	можи (moži)
3rd singular	може (može)	можеше (možeše)	—	—
1st plural	можеме (možeme)	можевме (moževme)	—	—
2nd plural	можете (možete)	можевте (moževte)	—	можете (možete)
3rd plural	можат (možat)	можеа (možea)	—	—
compound tenses
perfect	сум можел (sum možel)		present of сум (except in the 3rd person) + imperfect l-participle
има-perfect	имам можено (imam moženo)		present of има + perfect participle
pluperfect	бев можел (bev možel)		imperfect of сум + imperfect l-participle
има-pluperfect	имав можено (imav moženo)		imperfect of има + perfect participle
има-perfect reported	сум имал можено (sum imal moženo)		perfect of има + perfect participle
future	ќе можам (ḱe možam)		ќе + present
има-future	ќе имам можено (ḱe imam moženo)		future of има + perfect participle
future in the past	ќе можев (ḱe možev)		ќе + imperfect
има-future in the past	ќе имав можено (ḱe imav moženo)		future in the past of има + perfect participle
future reported	ќе сум можел (ḱe sum možel)		ќе + imperfect l-participle
има-future reported	ќе сум имал можено (ḱe sum imal moženo)		future reported of има + perfect participle
conditional	би можел (bi možel)		би + imperfect l-participle
има-conditional	би имал можено (bi imal moženo)		conditional of има + perfect participle

Pannonian Rusyn

Etymology

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɔʒɛ]
• Rhymes: -ɔʒɛ
• Hyphenation: мо‧же

Adverb

може (može)

1. (hedge, rare) maybe, perhaps

   Synonym: можебуц (možebuc)

Verb

може (može)

1. third-person singular present indicative of мочи (moči)

Further reading

• Medʹeši, H., Fejsa, M., Timko-Djitko, O. (2010) “може”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Руско-сербски словнїк [Rusyn-Serbian Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy

Ukrainian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɔʒe]

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Verb

мо́же • (móže)

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