We aye gie him a straw. He canna easily lift the mug.

We cannae hae him scauding hissel, kin we.

Translate:

canna, cannae, cannie, canny: cannot. In most Scottish dialects the word has a much fuller system of inflections than its equivalent in standard English. You can read up about it under ‘can v.’ in the Dictionars o the Scots Leid online – if you’re a grammar junkie.

We always give him a straw. He cannot easily lift the mug.

We cannot have him scalding himself can we.

′kɑnə
The Scottish Word: canna with its definition and its meaning illustrated and captioned with the word used in context in the Scots language and in English.