- verb
1. (know how, possibility) inap, save
- Can I help you?
Inap mi helpim yu? - I can do it.
Mi inap mekim, mi save mekim, mi save long mekim. - What can we do about crime?
Bai yumi inap mekim wanem long pasin raskol? - She can play the guitar.
Em i save long pilai gita. - Can you see me?
Yu inap lukim mi? - I can shoot birds.
Mi save sutim ol pisin.
2. (permission) ken
- You can come with me to the river.
Yu ken kam wantaim mi long wara. - You can shoot this pig.
Yu ken sutim dispela pik. - She cannot come.
Em i no ken kam. - You cannot go to her village.
Yu no ken go long ples bilong em. - I cannot look at my sister-in-law.
Mi no ken lukluk long tambu meri.
3. (requesting help) inap
- Can you open the door please?
Inap yu opim dua, plis?
- noun tin