Maybe

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What words are used for maybe in different languages? It seems that there is a fairly uniform tendency to create this word from a combination of something like "may" and something like "be".

Language Word for 'maybe' Literal meaning
English maybe may + be
Swedish kanske kan (can) + ske (happen)
French peut-être peut- (can) + -être (be)
Esperanto eble ebl- (indicating possibility) + -e (adverbial ending)
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