наве́рное
- 1.
probably, most likely, maybe
Он наве́рное уже́ дома.
He's probably already home.
Usually a parenthetical word, set off by commas; very common in everyday speech. Not to be confused with наверняка 'for sure'.
Usage info
Literary/formal compared to наверно
Examples
Твой оте́ц, наверное, был очень разочаро́ван.
Your father must have been very disappointed.
Вы, наверное, проголода́лись.
You must be hungry.
Typical usagePRO
Core use and placement
Наве́рное, я ...
Probably, I ...
Я, наве́рное, ...
I probably ...
Э́то, наве́рное, ...
That's probably ...
Наве́рное, да.
Probably yes.
Hedged suggestions and necessity
Наве́рное, на́до + инф.
We/one should probably + infinitive
Наве́рное, сто́ит + инф.
It’s probably worth + -ing
Наве́рное, лу́чше + инф.
It’s probably better to + infinitive
Наве́рное, мо́жно + инф.
It’s probably okay/allowed to + infinitive
Expressing doubt/negation
Наве́рное, не полу́чится.
It probably won’t work (out).
Наве́рное, я не смогу́.
I probably won’t be able to.
Наве́рное, я оши́бся.
I’m probably wrong / I probably made a mistake.
Наве́рное, я не прав.
I'm probably not right.
Word familyверну́тьPRO
- верну́тьto return; to repay; to recover
- наве́рноprobably; for certain
- вверну́тьto screw in; to put in (a remark)
- наве́рноеprobably
- верну́тьсяto return; to revert (to)
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Iron edited translation 3 weeks ago.
haunter1781 edited translation 6 months ago.
_999 edited usage info 1 year ago.
