kan
can · verb
- Definition
- Expresses ability, possibility, or permission. Can be used to indicate that someone has the skill or power to do something, that something is possible, or that someone is allowed to do something.
- Inflections
- kan
- Origin
- From Old Norse ' kann' (to know how to do), related to Gothic 'kunnan' (to know). Ultimately from a Proto-Indo-European root meaning 'to know' or 'to recognize'.
Examples
| Jeg kan snakke norsk. | I can speak Norwegian. |
| Det kan regne i morgen. | It can rain tomorrow. |
| Du kan gå nå. | You can go now. |
| Vi kan hjelpe deg. | We can help you. |