Datapoint Chinese Pidgin English/Ability verb and epistemic possibility

Values

Ability verb cannot express epistemic possibility

Example 20-64:
米哪(口件)希也
My no can hear.
My
1sg
no
neg
can
can
hear.
hear
I am deaf.

Source: Tong 1862: IV.46

Example 20-65:
厚件米其未士得
How can makee mistake?
How
how
can
can
makee
make
mistake?
mistake
How can it be a mistake?

Source: Tong 1862: IV.71

Confidence:
Intermediate