Value Ability verb cannot express epistemic possibility

Language:
Tayo
Parameter:
Ability verb and epistemic possibility
References
Ehrhart 1993: 241; Ehrhart 1993: 248

Examples

  1. Me japa mwaja mete nde lao.
    Me
    but
    japa
    exist.neg
    mwaja
    abil
    mete
    put
    nde
    from
    lao.
    up.there
    But there is no possibility to put it upwards down (the direction of the construction of the thatched roof of a hut).

    See Ehrhart 1993: 241

  2. Le mbo ka nu travaje ave maʃin, nu pa mwaja ndʃu travaj a la ma.
    Le
    si
    mbo
    good
    ka
    when
    nu
    we
    travaje
    work
    ave
    with
    maʃin,
    machine
    nu
    1pl
    pa
    not
    mwaja
    abil
    ndʃu
    always
    travaj
    work
    a
    with
    la
    the
    ma.
    hand
    It is good for us to work with the machine, we cannot always work manually.

    See Ehrhart 1993: 248