• быть мо́жет(bytʹ móžet) —less common word order

Literally,“it may be”.

• IPA^(key): [ˈmoʐɨd‿bɨtʲ]

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мо́жетбыть• (móžet bytʹ)

1. (hedge)maybe,perhaps,possibly

   Я,мо́жет быть,приду́сего́дняпо́здно.

   Ja,móžet bytʹ, pridú sevódnja pózdno.

   I may come late tonight.

   (literally, “I, maybe, will come late tonight.”)

   Ну,мо́жет быть,итак.

   Nu,móžet bytʹ, i tak.

   Well,perhaps so.

   Мо́жет быть,ты,наконе́ц,доде́лаешьсвою́рабо́ту?

   Móžet bytʹ, ty, nakonéc, dodélaješʹ svojú rabótu?

   Are you going to finish your work at last?

   Мо́жет быть,а мо́жетинебыть.

   Móžet bytʹ, a móžet i ne bytʹ.

   Perhaps it is so, perhaps not.OR It may be or may NOT be (a pun).

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