What part of speech is можно here?
> Можно я попью чая?What part of speech here is "можно"? Also, if possible, can you parse this sentence, please?
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" Можно" is one of the words denoting a state with a modal expressive shade, that is, embodying the meaning of necessity, possibility, obligation: it is necessary, it is impossible, it is necessary, it is outdated, need to. These are independent words that are not correlated with qualitative adverbs and short adjectives. You can translate this sentence this way: "Can I have some tea?" This is a personal sentence with the pronoun "я", which is a subject; "попью " is a verb that is predicate; "чая" is a noun, which is an object.
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Oksana L.
The word “can/можно” expresses the modal possibility of performing an action or allowing someone to do something. Its antonym is the word “cannot/ нельзя.” This word expresses a modal assessment of the subject's state, his desire, readiness or need to perform some action. In the morphology of the modern Russian language, they are called modal impersonal predicative words, or words of the category of state. In impersonal sentences, the word "can/можно", as a rule, acts as a predicate.The sentence "Can I have some tea?"/ Можно я попью чая?" denotes a request for some tea. Also it can be considered as a polite form. This word can be considered a polite form that serves as a request. I hope my answer is useful. Best wishes.12/20/20