Auxiliary Verb / Adverb 可能 (kěnéng) - Expressing possibility and conjecture

Pattern

• Subject + 可能 + Verb
• 可能 + Subject + Verb

Usage

• Indicates an estimation or conjecture about the possibility of an event occurring.
• It is usually placed before the verb or right after the subject, and can also be placed at the beginning of a sentence.

Examples

1. 1

   他可能就知道这件事情了。

   Tā kěnéng jiù zhīdào zhè jiàn shiqing le.

   He probably already knows about this matter.

2. 2

   你可能不认识他。

   Nǐ kěnéng bù rènshì tā.

   You might not know him.