Tense degan atama bilan ifodalanadi. Macmillian English Dictionary for Advanced Learners lug'atida zamon, ya'ni tense

could may/mightga qaraganda kam ehtimolni bildiradi. Misol:

A: Where is Jack?
B: I am not sure. He could be in his office, I suppose, but he's not usually there at this time.
Hamdam Atajanov

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MAY
/
MIGHT
(
KELASI ZAMON UCHUN
)
may va might modal fe'llari kelajakda sodir boʻlishi ehtimol boʻlgan ish-harakatlarni bildirish uchun ham
qoʻllaniladi. Bu yerda kelajak zamon ekanligini payt ravishlaridan bilib olish mumkin.
Positive form
Negative form
Question form
Ega+ may/might+V
1
Ega+may not/might not +V
1
May/might+Ega+V
1
?

She isn't sure. She may go to Italy next month. (Uning ishonchi komil emas. U Italiyaga ketishi
mumkin.)

Tom may not come this evening.

Might it rain this afternoon?
may/might be +V
ing
qurilmasi kelajakda biror ish-harakat davom etib turishi mumkinligini bildirish uchun
qoʻllaniladi.

Don't phone me at 8.30. I may/might be watching the football match on TV.
Yuqoridagi qurilmalarga qoʻshimcha tarzda may as well/might as well +V
1
ni ham kiritish mumkin. Bu
qurilmalar biror bir vaziyatda eng maqbul yoki afzal koʻrilgan ish-harakat uchun qoʻllaniladi, ya'ni bizda
shu ishni qilishdan boshqa yaxshi yoʻl yoʻq.

You will have to wait an hour for the next bus. So you might as well walk. (Keyingi avtobus kelishini
yana bir soat kutishingizga toʻg'ri keladi, shuning uchun piyoda ketsangiz ham boʻladi.)

We might as well go to the party this evening. We've nothing else to do.

‘Shall we have dinner now?’ ‘We might as well (have)’