Synonyms: may, be able, be able to
Part of speech | verb |
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Pronunciation | /kæn/ |
Hyphenation | can |
Shavian alphabet | 𐑒𐑨𐑯 |
Deseret alphabet | 𐐿𐐰𐐺 |
Indicative mood | |
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Present tense | Past tense |
(I) can | (I) could |
(thou) canst | (thou) couldst |
(he) can | (he) could |
(we) can | (we) could |
(you) can | (you) could |
(they) can | (they) could |
Subjunctive mood | |
Present tense | Past tense |
(I) can | (I) could |
(thou) can | (thou) could |
(he) can | (he) could |
(we) can | (we) could |
(you) can | (you) could |
(they) can | (they) could |
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 | kunna |
Finnish | voida |
French | pouvoir |
German | können |
Italian | potere |
Kabylian | zmer |
Latin | posse; potui |
Low German | künnen; köänen; kinnen |
Luxemburgish | kënnen |
Malay | boleh |
Papiamento | por |
Polish | móc |
Portuguese | poder |
Romanian | putea |
Russian | мочь |
Saterland Frisian | konne |
Scots | can |
Spanish | poder |
Sranan | kan |
Swahili | ‐weza |
Swedish | gitta; må; mäkta; orka |
Thai | เป็น; ได้ |
West Frisian | kinne |