***************** * May / Might * ***************** Utilzare: "may" Poate

***************** * MAY / MIGHT * ***************** Utilzare: "May" poate fi folosit: --------------------1.Pentru a exprima o permisiune formal�: May I open this window ? Cu acest �nteles may poate fi �nlocuit cu allowed to: You may go to the cinema this week, you were allowed to go to the cinema last week, and you will be allowed to go there next week, too. 2.Pentru a exprima posibilitatea: You may know her. In acest caz may poate fi �nlocuit cu is possible/perhaps: It is possible for you to know her. Maybe you know her. C�nd may este urmat de infinitivul continuu exprim� posibilitatea unei actiuni care este �n desf�surare: Mother may be sleeping now. May urmat de infinitivul perfect exprim� posibilitatea unei actiuni petrecute �n trecut: The little girl may have lost the key. 3.Pentru a exprima interdictia: Candidates may not bring dictionares into the examination room. 4.Pentru a exprima �ndoiala: Who may that old man be ? 5.Pentru a exprima speranta: May all your dreams come true! 6.In subordonate: However diffcult these exercises may be, you must do them all. 7.In subordonatele obiecte dup� verbele to hope, to trust: She hopes that you may find tickets for this performance. 8.In subordonatele circumstantiale de scop:

Speak louder so that all of us may hear you. "Might"poate fi folosit: -----------------------1.Pentru a exprima permisia din trecut: I understood then that he might go out of the room whenever he wanted. 2.Pentru a eexpprima o posibilitate prezent�/viitoare/trecut�: Your cousin might be in the garden now. Might urmat de Continuous Infinitive exprim� posibilitatea de a continua: Your sister might still be sleeping. C�nd might este urmat de Perfect Infinitive, exprim� o posibilitate trecut�: Our neighbours might have heard some noises when our car was stolen. 3.Pentru a exprima Present Conditional: If you speak English, you might get that job. 4.Pentru a exprima o cerere insistent�: You might go there at once. 5.Pentru a exprima iritatia, indignarea: You might look at me when I am talking to you! 6.In subordonate obiecte directe dup� verbele to hope, to trust: They hoped that I might give them some good advice. 7.In subordonate circumstantiale de scop: Peter finished his composition in the morning so that he might be free in the afternoon. 8.Pentru a exprima nesiguranta: I wonder who that tall boy might be.