köken: From Middle High German künnen, kunnen, from Old High German kunnan, from Proto-West Germanic *kunnan, from Proto-Germanic *kunnaną, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- (“to know”). The umlauted ö in the infinitive and plural present—as well as the umlaut in the other modal verbs mögen (“to like”), müssen (“to have to”), and dürfen (“to be allowed to”)—is unexpected from an historical point of view.…
can, to be able to · may (of a choice) · to be possible; may, could be
çekim: geçmiş pu · ortaç pu · şimdiki peut · ulaç pouvant
köken: Inherited from Middle French povoir, from Old French povoir, pooir, from earlier Old French poeir, podeir, from Vulgar Latin potēre, regularization of Latin posse. The /-v-/ was eventually added, after the loss of the intervocalic dental, to break hiatus. The archaic 1SG present indicative puis is from a Vulgar Latin *posseō (rather than possō), for which cf. Old Catalan puix. Cognates See also…
aile: advienne que pourra, autant que faire se peut, ne plus pouvoir voir en peinture, n'en plus pouvoir, n'en pouvoir mais, on ne peut plus, quand on veut, on peut, qui peut le plus peut le moins, sauve qui peut, tu peux causer
Je peux venir ce soir.
On est des étoiles dans ce ciel bleu clair et on mettra les voiles quand on pourra le faire.
köken: Inherited from Old East Slavic знати (znati), from Proto-Slavic *znati, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *źnōˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵnéh₃t (“to know, get to know”), from *ǵneh₃-. Cognates include Polish znać, English know, kenning, canny, German kennen and Sanskrit ज्ञा (jñā, “to know”). For the collective noun sense of "nobility, aristocratic people", itself derived from the verb знать. It…
to be familiar with (a person, a place, a piece of news or information, and so on); to know · to be familiar with (a skill or profession); to be experienced in; to be proficient at or in; can · to recognise (a person, a place, and so on); to identify; to recall
to know · to find out, to learn · to be able to, to know how to do something
köken: From Proto-Turkic *bil- (“to know”). Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰋𐰃𐰠 (bil-, “to know”); Uzbek bilmoq (“to know”), Turkish bilmek (“to know”), Yakut бил (bil, “to know, to find out”), Chuvash пӗл (pĕl, “to know”), etc.
aile: донъя хәлен белеп булмай
Самаһын белһәң — дарыу, белмәһәң — ағыу.
Кем белә, бәлки, башҡа сәбәбе лә барҙыр.
Баҡтиһәң, кеше беҙ күреп белгән материаль тән генә түгел икән.
can, to be able to · may, can, to be allowed to · to be possible
çekim: geçmiş konden · ortaç gekund · şimdiki kan · ulaç kunnend
köken: From Middle Dutch connen, cunnen, from Old Dutch cunnan, from Proto-West Germanic *kunnan, from Proto-Germanic *kunnaną, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃-.
aile: aankunnen, achter het behang kunnen plakken, alleskunner, geen pap meer kunnen zeggen, het kan wel lijden, kunde, kunst
Hij kon goed rennen, omdat hij een getraind sportbeoefenaar was.
çekim: geçmiş consegui · ortaç conseguido · şimdiki consegue
köken: From Old Galician-Portuguese [Term?], from Vulgar Latin *cōnsequīre or cōnsequere, from Latin cōnsequī. By surface analysis, con- (“co-”) + seguir (“to follow”).
to be able to do · to be finished, to be ready · be made
çekim: geçmiş できた
eş: 成る, 仕上がる, 出来上がる
köken: /ideku/ → /deku/ → /dekuru/ → /dekiru/ Originally appears in the Man'yōshū of 759 CE and other Old Japanese texts as 出(い)で来(く) (ideku), as a compound of 出(い)で (ide, “going out”, the 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 出(い)づ (izu, ancient idu, ancient form of modern 出(で)る (deru, “to come out, to go out”))) + 来(く) (ku, “to come”, the ancient form of modern 来(く)る…
ジョンさんはフランス語ができる。
準備は出来た。 Junbi wa dekita. Preparations are finished. → I'm ready. よくできましたね。
to know, understand (to have information or knowledge about an object or situation through education, experience, thoughts, etc.) · to know; realize (to realize or feel a fact or situation through awareness or senses.) · to know; understand; appreciate (to realize or feel a psychological state in one's mind.)
çekim: geçmiş 알았다
eş: 깨닫다, 익히다, 인지하다, 사유하다
zıt: 모르다
köken: First attested in the Yongbi eocheon'ga (龍飛御天歌 / 용비어천가), 1447, as Middle Korean 알〯다〮 (Yale: ǎltá).
to be able; can; may, might expressing lack of something blocking action · to be able; can; may, might expressing permission · to be able; can; may, might expressing high probability
çekim: geçmiş możono · şimdiki może
eş: wolno, może, być może, możliwe że
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *megʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-tisder. Proto-Balto-Slavic *-tei Proto-Slavic *-ti Proto-Slavic *moťì Old Polish móc Polish móc Inherited from Old Polish móc.
to know, comprehend, understand · to be familiar with
çekim: geçmiş जानता · şimdiki जानता है
köken: Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀚𑀸𑀡𑀤𑀺 (jāṇadi), from Sanskrit जानाति (jānā́ti), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *ȷ́ānáHti, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ānáHti, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵn̥néh₃ti, from *ǵneh₃- (“to know”). Cognate with Marathi जाणणे (jāṇṇe), Old English cnāwan (whence English know). Compare Sanskrit जाना (jānā) + अनीयं (anīyaṃ).