"Mia praavino scipovis kudri robojn."
Translation:My great-grandmother knew how to sew dresses.
June 2, 2015
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Just to make this clear... povi is to be able because you have the ability, scipovi is to be able because you have the knowledge, and rajti is to be able because you have permission?
June 2, 2015
kapabli = to be able to but not necessarily have the posibility
Mi kapablas ludi pianon sed nun ne povas, ĉar ne estas piano ĉi tie.
June 2, 2015
"Can" by itself doesn't distinguish between learned ability and capability/permission, the way scipovi and povi do.
September 27, 2016
"Could" should be accepted since it can be used to express ability in the past.
April 12, 2018
