The means to express possibility and supposition in Spanish compared to the Russian language

Abstract

This article represents a parallel investigation and description of the means to express possibility and supposition both in the Spanish and in Russian languages. The authors make their conclusions on the basis of analyzing numerous examples from belles-lettres, textbooks, proverb collections, as well as their own notes of the colloquial speech. Some recommendations are given in order to optimize the foreign language teaching.

Keywords

• лингвистическая модальность
• возможность
• предположительность
• сопоставительный анализ
• преподавание