Examples of using Cannot in English and their translations into Latin
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You cannot put out fire with oil.
Non te decet restinguere incendium oleo.The protagonist cannot stomach it.
Et dominari eum non licet.I swear some people just cannot make up their minds.
Jure columna, quae subverti non potest.It is foolish to fear what we cannot avoid.
Stultum est timere quod non possis uitare.Such like moral virtues cannot be without charity.
You cannot attack a commenter.
I cannot give right now.
Nunc mihi non est promptum dare.You cannot make any long term modifications in the house.
Vos non potestis facere quicquam longa modificationes in domo.A doubting mind cannot relax.
De spiritu Mosis dubitare non licet.I swear that girl cannot follow rules.
Jure columna, quae subverti non potest.I cannot scratch if I itch.
Sed non possum praestare in itinere.Elements cannot be broken down into a simpler substance.
Ergo non possunt esse substantia in elemento simplici.In this life every evil cannot be excluded.
In hac autem vita non potest omne malum excludi.You cannot die, nobody ever could. .
Non morieris: non enim potest aliquis.You cannot speak.
Dicit ergo: ita non potestis loqui.It would seem that the soul of Christ cannot know the infinite in the Word.
Videtur quod anima Christi non possit cognoscere infinita in verbo.The animals cannot be held at fault.
Sed bruta animalia non possunt habere culpam.You cannot demand more.
Non possum a te plus exigere.But God cannot produce an infinite effect.
Sed Deus non potest facere effectum infinitum.You cannot change stupidity.
Non credas stultum cum re mutare consultum.
