 |
| Russian | English |
| никак не мог | could not possibly have + past participle (The second witness is telling the truth. She couldn't possibly have seen the assailant's face. • "He could not possibly have been drowned in the moat, which was at no place more than three feet deep." (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle) ART Vancouver) |
| никак не могу | cannot possibly + verb (I cannot possibly leave her at a time like this. • "You know that I cannot possibly leave London while old Abrahams is in such mortal terror of his life." (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle) ART Vancouver) |