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How to pronounce “can”
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Pronunciation guide for can
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of can with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- Mindfulness as a Foundation for Health
maybe you can turn off your laptops and
- Definition summary
- (auxiliary verb, defective) To know how to.
Example 1 of 8
How to pronounce can
Mindfulness as a Foundation for Health
maybe you can turn off your laptops and
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “can”
Meaning
- [Verb]
- (auxiliary verb, defective) To know how to.
- (auxiliary verb, defective) To be able to.
- (modal auxiliary verb, defective, informal) May; to be permitted or enabled to.
- (modal auxiliary verb, defective) To have the potential to; to be possible for (someone or something) to.
- (modal auxiliary verb, defective, informal) Used to form requests, typically polite.
- (obsolete, transitive) To know.
- (India, nonstandard, proscribed) To be (followed by a word like able, possible, allowed). third-person singular simple present indicative of can
- (Manglish, Singlish, auxiliary or intransitive) To be able to or know how to (do something); an accompanying verb is not required if it is already inferable from context.
- (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.
- [Interjection]
- (Manglish, Singlish) OK, sure; indicates approval or acknowledgment.
- (Manglish, Singlish, with falling or rising-falling pitch) Used to convey reassurance.
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