may

1. (intransitive, no past participle, no present participle, poetic)To be able to go.

2. (auxiliary, defective, modal, no past participle, no present participle)To have permission to, be allowed. Used in granting permission and in questions to make polite requests.

   you may smoke outside

   may I sit there?

   dürfen, können

   мочьmočʹ, мо́жноmóžno

3. Granting the admissibility of a supposition, in a way that can be semantically either subjunctive or indicative.

   (auxiliary, defective, modal, no past participle, no present participle)Expressing a present possibility; possibly.

   he may be lying

   Schrödinger's cat may or may not be in the box.

   können, mögen

4. (auxiliary, defective, modal, no past participle, no present participle)Expressing a disjunctive or contrastive relation between indicative statements.

   You may be my boss, but that doesn't mean you can insult me.

5. (defective, no past participle, no present participle, present, subjunctive)Expressing a wish (with present subjunctive effect).

   may you win; may the weather be sunny; long may your reign last

   Let us pray that peace may soon return to our war-torn homeland.

   mögen, sollen, Konkinktiv I

   да ...da, да бу́детda búdet

   неха́йnexáj, хайxaj, найnaj

6. (auxiliary, defective, modal, no past participle, no present participle)Used in modesty, courtesy, or concession, or to soften a question or remark.

7. (intransitive, poetic)To gather may, or flowers in general.

8. (intransitive, poetic)To celebrate May Day.

9. (intransitive, no past participle, no present participle, obsolete)To be strong; to have power (over).

10. (auxiliary, no past participle, no present participle, obsolete)To be able; can.

1. You may use my new car.

   Можеш скористатися моєю новою машиною. — miketheknight

   ruМожете взять мою новую машину. — marafon

   deDu darfst meinen neuen Wagen benutzen. — Dejo

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2. You may go anywhere you like.

   Можеш іти куди хочеш. — aandrusiak

   ruМожешь идти куда хочешь. — Kostia

   deDu kannst gehen, wohin du möchtest. — jakov

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3. You may or may not win.

   Ти можеш перемогти, а можеш і не перемогти. — deniko

   deVielleicht gewinnst du, vielleicht aber auch nicht. — Kuraimegami

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4. You may sit wherever you like.

   Можеш сісти, де хочеш. — deniko

   ruВы можете сесть куда хотите. — arseniiv

   deDu kannst dich hinsetzen, wo du magst. — xtofu80

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5. You may go wherever you like.

   Можеш іти куди хочеш. — aandrusiak

   ruТы можешь пойти, куда тебе заблагорассудится. — Alexword

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