"Li ne povas havi tion."

Translation: He cannot have that.

[johnwarzecha]

So it's conjugated and then infinitive just like in Spanish?

[ScottBoggs3]

And English. "He's not able to have that"

Cannot is a weird twist of English that doesn't really fit with the rest of the grammar.

[danielqsc]

Exactly!

[TheOldRedWolf]

I totally heard 'tion' as 'teon', here.

[SofieAR]

Is this the answer to the "he likes to have money"?

[luizjoaquim]

Why is "this" wrong?

[tomaszym]

It's ok. Tio = this or that, tio ĉi = this.

[djule95]

if ne povas means cannot, then how do you say "doesn't have to" ?

[Mamadespik]

I believe it would be "ne devas..."

[danielqsc]

You're right. It can also be "ne bezonas".

[CX948]

Which literally translates to don't need.

[BukoElijah]

Huge question. Could I rearrange the wording and do "Tion havi ne povas li", because I know it's complicated but I would like to know how flexible Esperanto can become. :3)

[proedie]

For me, this came up just after: ‘He wants to eat a kilogram of tomatoes.’ Kind of works.

[vkfd213]

what did he do

[SPennLUE]

In English, "can" is for both ability and permission. Does Esperanto's "povi" work the same way?

[KX3.]

I believe for permission its "rajtas"