ne mozhno

[Paul B. Gallagher]

Ashot Vardanyan wrote:

> It's as funny as the "l'zya" form used ironically or just as a joke
> for "mozhno". Of course, "ne mozhno" is not a standard, nor is
> "l'zya" at all. To me, sounds something like "mayn't" or even
> "mightn't" in English which sound terrible, don't they?

Not so simple. I've certainly heard "mightn't" plenty of times, so it 
wouldn't faze me a bit. But I would say "mayn't" is so uncommon that 
most speakers would consider it ungrammatical.

-- 
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--
Paul B. Gallagher
pbg translations, inc.
"Russian Translations That Read Like Originals"
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