Must, might, can't: making guesses
Must፣ might፣ can't፦ መገመት
Say how sure you are about the present and the past.
How it works
Use must, might, could and can't to say how sure you are about something.
ስለ አንድ ነገር ምን ያህል እርግጠኛ እንደሆኑ ለመግለጽ must፣ might፣ could እና can't እንጠቀማለን።
Present · የአሁን ጊዜ
must = I'm almost sure it's true: She must be tired. She worked all night.
must = እውነት መሆኑ ርግጥ ይመስለኛል
might / could = maybe: He might be at home.
might / could = ምናልባት
can't = I'm almost sure it's not true: That can't be Dawit. He's in Gondar.
can't = እውነት ሊሆን አይችልም
Past: modal + have + past participle · ያለፈ፦ modal + have + ሦስተኛ ቅርጽ
She must have forgotten. They might have missed the bus. He can't have seen us.
ረስታ መሆን አለበት። አውቶቡሱ አምልጧቸው ሊሆን ይችላል። ሊያየን አይችልም።
For guesses, the opposite of must is can't, not mustn't.
ለግምት የmust ተቃራኒ can't ነው እንጂ mustn't አይደለም።
Examples
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She must be tired. She worked all night.
ደክሟት መሆን አለበት። ሌሊቱን ሙሉ ሠርታለች።
He might be in a meeting.
ስብሰባ ላይ ሊሆን ይችላል።
That can't be true!
ያ እውነት ሊሆን አይችልም!
They must have missed the bus.
አውቶቡሱ አምልጧቸው መሆን አለበት።
I might have left my keys at the office.
ቁልፎቼን ቢሮ ረስቻቸው ሊሆን ይችላል።
He can't have finished already. He only started an hour ago.
ገና ሊጨርስ አይችልም። የጀመረው ከአንድ ሰዓት በፊት ብቻ ነው።