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canna

modal verbaction

not able to do something

Negative form of 'can' used to say someone is not able to do something or that something is impossible.

Example in use

Ah canna dae that.

Pronunciation

Say it like this

/KAN-uh/

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Origin & context

scotscurrentneutralalso: cannot

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