Datapoint Mauritian Creole/Ability verb and epistemic possibility
Values 
Ability verb also expresses epistemic possibility
- Example 55-89:
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li kapav vin lakaz zordili3sgkapavcanvincomelakazhousezorditodayHe may come home today (I was hoping he would come yesterday but he didn't turn up). OR: He can come home today (the bus strike which prevented him travelling yesterday is now over).
- Example 55-90:
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[...] kitfwa li kapav tur boṅ[...][...]kitfwaperhapsli3sgkapavmodturfindboṅgood[...] sometimes that may have been good.French: [...] mais ça a parfois eu du bon, qui sait? (Ludwig et al. 2001: 229)
Source: Ludwig et al. 2001: 213
- Confidence:
- Very certain