Topic: Ukrainian

"This restaurant could be in Odessa."

Translation:Цей ресторан міг бути у Одесі.

June 4, 2015

6 Comments

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  • 832

цей ресторан може бути в Одесі

June 4, 2015
https://www.duolingo.com/Vinnfred

    може - real condition, міг бути - unreal

    June 4, 2015
    https://www.duolingo.com/LICA98
    • 832

    I know, isn't міг бути more like could have been?

    June 4, 2015
    https://www.duolingo.com/Vinnfred

      I think that would be "міг би бути". But in Ukr differences are often sublte, because we don't have that many tenses

      June 4, 2015
      https://www.duolingo.com/LICA98
      • 832

      but is what I initially wrote correct too?

      June 4, 2015
      https://www.duolingo.com/arissston

        I think so! Report it

        September 3, 2015
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