Datapoint Lingala/Ability verb and epistemic possibility

Another ability-expressing verb is koyéba ('to know'), which expresses participant-internal ability (in contrast to kokoka, which expresses participant-external ability). Koyéba cannot be used for epistemic possibility.

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Ability verb also expresses epistemic possibility

Example 60-74:
mwána akokí kofungola yangó té
mwána
child
a-kok-í
3sg-can-prs.prf
ko-fungol-a
inf-open-fv
yangó
3sg.inan
té
neg
The child is not able to open it.

Source: nd

Example 60-75:
akokí kozala na Kinshása
a-kok-í
3sg-can-prs.prf
ko-zal-a
inf-be-fv
na
in
Kinshása
Kinshasa
It is possible that she is in Kinshasa.
Confidence:
Very certain