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Aleksandr
Как сказать по-английски "можно" и "нельзя"?
May 25, 2018 4:56 AM
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Контекст создайте, тогда можно будет что-то предлагать. А так что угодно можно сказать: you can, you may, it's possible/impossible. И список довольно длинный.
May 25, 2018
Привет, Александр! Существует несколько разных переводов.
Например:
Можно = it's possible, you're allowed, you're permitted
Можно? = Is it possible? Am I allowed? Am I permitted?
Можно?, Можно войти? (входя в комнату) = May I come in?
Можно сказать, что . . . = One can say that . . ., You can say that . . .
Можно на “ты”? = Can I call you by first name?
Можно просто Вера = You can simply call me Vera
Как можно раньше = As early as possible
А можно узнать . . . ? = Is it possible to find out . . . ?
Если можно = If possible, If one may
Мы принесли то, что можно есть и холодным = We brought what can also be eaten cold
На него можно положиться = You can rely on him
Можно Лиде пойти? = Can Lidia come?
Как можно скорее, как можно скорей = As soon as possible
нельзя = It’s impossible, It isn't permitted, You're not allowed
нельзя посещать школу = It is forbidden to visit the school
нельзя посетить школу = It is impossible to visit the school
Тебе нельзя говорить ругательства = You mustn't say bad words
Он говорит так, что его нельзя понять = He speaks in a way that he cannot be understood
Дальше идти было нельзя = It was impossible to go ahead
На гору нельзя было подняться = It was impossible to climb up the mountain
Нам нельзя отступать = We cannot retreat
Тебе никуда нельзя уходить = You can't go anywhere
Нам нельзя ждать ни минуты = We cannot wait even a minute
Дождь такой, что нельзя выйти = The rain is such that you can not get out
May 25, 2018
Hi Alexandr,
That's a difficult question because the translation depends on how you use these words (context).
In most cases the equivalent of these words in English are the verbs can/cannot and might:
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/grammar/british-grammar/modals-and-modality/can
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/grammar/british-grammar/modals-and-modality/might
можно? = "Can it be?," "is it possible?"
нельзя = "It cannot"
May 25, 2018
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