Re: "Abilitative" aspect?

 umlaut@DISCOMMUNITY.ORG writes:

>
> Does anyone know of an existing language (conlangs included) that marks
> any of these? If not, I nominate the terms abilitative, permissive,
> and... um, I don't know. Any suggestions for the third?
Japanese has the first one, it's called the potential form:

tabe-ru _to eat_ > tabe-rare-ru _to be able to eat_
yom-u _to read_ > yom-e-ru _to be able to read_

Isn't the second kind of like the construction:  may + infinitive in english?

Like:  "I may go" =  "I'm allowed to go"

and the third is found in Sanskrit (I think), and Japanese kind of, where they are
called desideratives or desiratives:

Japanese:
tabe-ru > tabe-ta-i _I want to eat_
        > tabe-ta-gatte i-ru  _He wants to eat_

yom-u > yom-i-ta-i _I want to read_
      > yomi-ta-gatte i-ru _He wants to read_

Elliott