Datapoint Nigerian Pidgin/Ability verb and epistemic possibility
Auxiliaries of mood such as fit ‘be able’ are used to express situational possibility.
Values 
Ability verb also expresses epistemic possibility
- Example 17-80:
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Mà pìkín fit rid.Màmypìkínchildfitbe.ablerid.readMy child can/may read.
- Example 17-81:
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Mà pìkín fit dè rid.Màmypìkínchildfitbe.abledèncomplrid.readMy child may be reading.
- Confidence:
- Intermediate