See might can on Wiktionary
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"examples": [
{
"text": "I might can go swimming in the creek tomorrow."
}
],
"glosses": [
"might be able to; be potentially able to"
],
"id": "en-might_can-en-verb-hibTGZYL",
"links": [
[
"might",
"might"
],
[
"be able to",
"be able to"
]
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"qualifier": "double modal / stacked modal",
"raw_glosses": [
"(double modal / stacked modal, used in some dialects, chiefly Southern US) might be able to; be potentially able to"
],
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"used in some dialects"
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{
"word": "might could"
},
{
"word": "might should"
}
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"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/məɪt kən/",
"tags": [
"Southern-American-English"
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},
{
"ipa": "/maːt kən/",
"tags": [
"Southern-American-English"
]
}
],
"word": "might can"
}
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"lang_code": "en",
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"word": "might could"
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"word": "might should"
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"English verbs",
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{
"text": "I might can go swimming in the creek tomorrow."
}
],
"glosses": [
"might be able to; be potentially able to"
],
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"might",
"might"
],
[
"be able to",
"be able to"
]
],
"qualifier": "double modal / stacked modal",
"raw_glosses": [
"(double modal / stacked modal, used in some dialects, chiefly Southern US) might be able to; be potentially able to"
],
"raw_tags": [
"used in some dialects"
],
"tags": [
"Southern-US"
]
}
],
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"ipa": "/məɪt kən/",
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"Southern-American-English"
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},
{
"ipa": "/maːt kən/",
"tags": [
"Southern-American-English"
]
}
],
"word": "might can"
}
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