 94  Can this be true? (It is possible that this is true?) (Неужели это правда?) This сон‘7 be true. (It is impossible that this is true.) 3. Permission (разрешение). Can we go home, Miss? (Можно идти домой, мисс?) Не can go now. (Теперь он может идти.) The teacher said we could go home.(Учитель разрешил нам идти домой.) Can is now more common than may (or might) to express the idea of permission. 4. Prohibition ( запрет) (it is found only with the negative form of the modal verb, as prohibition may be understood as the negation of permission — not to be allowed to...). It corresponds to the Russian нельзя, не надо. You can’t cross the street here. (Здесь нельзя переходить улицу.) You can't touch the exhibits in a museum (it is not allowed). 5. Request (просьба). Can you hold on a minute, please? Can I have some water? Can you put the meat in salted water? Could suggests a greater degree of politeness: Could you come again tomorrow? II. Can followed by any form of the infinitive may express: 1. Strong doubt, improbability (сильное сомнение, невероятность). This meaning occurs only with the negative form of the modal verb. He can У be working at this time (it’s impossible that he is working...). 94 |
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