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Top 100verb, imperfective

мочь

[mot͡ɕ]can, be able to

Frequency rank #17 About 1 in every 130 words in Russian film and TV. The top 100 words make up 53.1% of everything said.
мочь #17

Meaning

  1. can, be able to
  2. may

Examples

мо́жет быть

maybe

Е́сли не мо́жешь бо́гом быть ты, бу́ду я.

Zemfira

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Forms by frequency

  • мо́жетsingular, 3rd person, present#51
  • могу́singular, 1st person, present#62
  • мо́жешьsingular, 2nd person, present#125
  • мо́жемplural, 1st person, present#186
  • мо́гmasculine, singular, past#189
  • мо́жетеplural, 2nd person, present#241
  • могли́plural, past#318
  • мо́гутplural, 3rd person, present#336
  • могла́feminine, singular, past#362
  • могло́neuter, singular, past#1,116
  • мо́чьinfinitive
  • могу́щийpresent, participle
  • мо́гшийpast, participle
  • моги́imperative, singular, 2nd person

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