Possibility Aura
Is it possible? Could it happen?
Signification
A modal layer expressing possibility, chance, potential, uncertainty, or situational openness.
Comment le repérer
Ask whether the event might happen or is possible.
Exemples
may|might|could|possible|perhaps
it may rain|could happen|possibly true
It might rain tomorrow.
Visual guide
Possibility layer: [event] ↑ may / might / could = open chance It might rain tomorrow.
Possible ≠ certain: will rain = sure path might rain = open chance cannot rain = closed off Ask: could it happen? Form: verb, adverb, mood, particle
Vue par langue
Dans votre langue maternelle
Possibility uses pouvoir, peut-être, il se peut que, and conditional or subjunctive frames.
Il peut pleuvoir demain.
It can rain tomorrow.
Dans votre langue d’apprentissage
L’anglais exprime la possibilité avec may, might, could, maybe, perhaps, ainsi qu’avec des tournures comme likely et unlikely.
It may rain later.
may = possibilité
Les apprenants peuvent confondre may, might et could, ou placer maybe selon les habitudes de leur langue maternelle.
Same block, different coding
Both languages use this block strongly, but they signal it differently. Focus on form changes, not only meaning.