can

1. (auxiliary, defective)To know how to.

   She can speak English, French, and German.

   I can play football.

   können, chöne

   мочьmočʹ, смочьsmočʹ, уме́тьumétʹ

   могти́mohtý, змогти́zmohtý, вмі́тиvmíty

2. (auxiliary, defective)To be able to.

   Can you remember your fifth birthday?

   Animals can experience emotions.

3. (auxiliary, defective, informal, modal)May; to be permitted or enabled to.

   You can go outside and play when you're finished with your homework.

   Can I use your pen?

   können, dürfen

   мочьmočʹ

4. (auxiliary, defective, modal)To have the potential to; to be possible for (someone or something) to.

   Can it be Friday already?

   Teenagers can really try their parents' patience.

5. (auxiliary, defective, informal, modal)Used to form requests, typically polite.

   Can you please come over here?

   Can we try that scene again?

6. (India, nonstandard, proscribed)To be (followed by a word like able, possible, allowed). third-person singular simple present indicative of can

7. (Manglish, Singlish, auxiliary, intransitive)To be able to or know how to (do something); an accompanying verb is not required if it is already inferable from context.

   Can anot?

8. (Manglish, Singlish, intransitive)To be fine or acceptable; to be possible; (with liao or already) to be enough. Often used in conjunction with a variety of clause-final particles, e.g., lah, meh or one, to express different attitudes towards the subject matter.

   Can liao, don’t need to use so much glue.

9. (transitive)To seal in a can.

   They canned air to sell as a novelty to tourists.

   preserve in a can or tin

10. (transitive)To preserve by heating and sealing in a jar or can.

    They spent August canning fruit and vegetables.

    einmachen

    консерви́роватьkonservírovatʹ, законсерви́роватьzakonservírovatʹ

11. (transitive)To discard, scrap or terminate (an idea, project, etc.).

    He canned the whole project because he thought it would fail.

    abbrechen

12. (slang, transitive)To shut up.

    Can your gob.

    die Klappe halten, den Mund halten

1. It's not something anyone can do.

   Це не те, що може зробити кожен. — deniko

   ruЭто не то, что может сделать каждый. — al_ex_an_der

   deDas ist nichts, was jeder Beliebige tun kann. — MUIRIEL

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2. You can always count on Tom.

   На Тома можна завжди розраховувати. — deniko

   ruНа Тома всегда можно положиться. — al_ex_an_der

   deDu kannst dich immer auf Tom verlassen. — Dejo

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3. I can imagine how you felt.

   Можу собі уявити, що ти відчував. — deniko

   ruМогу представить, как ты себя чувствовал. — sharptoothed

   deIch kann mir vorstellen, wie du dich gefühlt hast. — Dirk80

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4. A bear can climb a tree.

   Ведмеді можуть лазити по деревах. — JeNNeR

   ruМедведь может залезть на дерево. — Lenin_1917

   deEin Bär kann auf einen Baum klettern. — Sprachprofi

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5. Do you think fish can hear?

   Гадаєш, риби чують? — deniko

   ruДумаешь, рыба может слышать? — Hellerick

   deGlaubst du, dass Fische hören können? — MUIRIEL

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Modal verbs have one form for every person and take a bare infinitive.