"Może on jest policjantem."

Translation: Maybe he is a policeman.

[HannaBarskaya]

Why "he may be a policeman" is not accepted?

[immery]

Literal translation rule. In this sentence może=maybe is adverb.

On może być policjantem=He may be a policeman może=may is a verb

[alisa488338]

Agree, you are right< in this example it`s an adverb, not a verb

[KirillKozlovsky]

Why isn't "He probably is a policeman" accepted?

[immery]

Because maybe and probably are different level of probability. Maybe=może, probably=chyba, prawdopodobnie

[one_half_3544]

"He could be a policeman"?

[Euhan1]

Staraj się sprzedać mu narkotyki i zobaczymy!

[Marc312527]

What about 'He might be a policeman' or 'He may be a policeman' as translations? Both of those would work for me. Or is there a different way of saying that in Polish?

[Jellei]

I'd say that's "On może być policjantem". Seems almost identical, but "może" is a verb here, while being an adverb in the sentence from the exercise.

[Ben785030]

Just ask him, he has to tell you! (^_^)-b

[Letranger]

police officer is not accepted here while it has been every other time i have translated policijantem

[Jellei]

It is accepted, it should have worked...

[zorrosombra]

Może on to glino.

[Jellei]

"glina" ;)

But "on to" is not a construction we teach, it sounds rather clumsy if you have a pronoun on the left side and then "to". So it should be "MOże on jest gliną".

I think it's not surprising that we don't accept it though, it's definitely colloquial.