May Grammar > Verbs > Modal verbs and modality > May de English Grammar Today May: forms Affirmative (+) form May comes first in the verb phrase (after the subject and before another verb): It may be possible for him to get home tonight. May can’t be used with another modal verb: This may hurt you.
Permission We use may to ask for, give and refuse permission. It is quite formal. Can, could and may are all used to ask for permission. May is the most formal/polite and could is more formal and polite than can. Possibility We use may to refer to weak possibility in the present and future: The economy may go up or down in the next year.
Maybe /ˈmeɪbi/ is an adverb and it means the same as perhaps. It is written as one word: …. In the phrase may be /meɪ bi:/ may is a modal verb and be is a main or auxiliary verb. Here may and be are two separate words, whereas maybe is one word: ….
Can, could or may: typical errors Could in the present only expresses weak possibility. Can expresses strong possibility: I can travel in July because my exams will definitely be finished at the beginning of that month. (strong possibility)
Maybe /ˈmeɪbi/ is an adverb and it means the same as perhaps. It is written as one word: …. May be. In the phrase may be /meɪ bi:/ may is a modal verb and be is a main or auxiliary verb. Here may and be are two separate words, whereas maybe is one word: ….
Contenido. traducir may: poder, poder, mayo, puede que, podría, poder, mayo [masculine, singular]. Más información en el diccionario inglés-español.
Definición del verbo modal may. Como la mayoría de los modal verbs, el verbo modal may es un verbo auxiliar y debe siempre ir acompañado de otro verbo con significado propio y en modo infinitivo (sin to). En español, su significado es: ‘podría’, ‘puede que’ o ‘quizás’. Ejemplos: I may play the piano when I get home.