Application goal: Expressing a possibility about the past.
Use must for a strong deduction, might or may for a possibility, and can’t for a deduction that something is impossible. These forms show the speaker’s confidence, not guaranteed facts.
Context: Interpreting an unclear message. Identify the wording that achieves this goal, then adapt the details to a situation of your own.
Use must for a strong deduction, might or may for a possibility, and can’t for a deduction that something is impossible. These forms show the speaker’s confidence, not guaranteed facts.
Context: Interpreting an unclear message. Identify the wording that achieves this goal, then adapt the details to a situation of your own.
Practical examples
Maya's message is very brief, but that does not mean she is annoyed.
رسالة مايا مختصرة جدًا، لكن هذا لا يعني أنها منزعجة.
She may have written it between two meetings.
ربما كتبتها بين اجتماعين.
She might also have assumed that we already knew the background.
وربما افترضت أيضًا أننا نعرف الخلفية بالفعل.