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Example 1-131
Mi no ha tiffi moro, mi no kann kau.
Mi
1sg
no
neg
habi
have
tifi
teeth
moro,
more
mi
1sg
no
neg
kan
can
kaw.
chew
I don't have teeth anymore, I cannot chew.
Comment:
Ad Feature 55 "Ability verb and epistemic possibility":
Kan
denotes physical ability.
Type:
written (dictionary)
Source:
Schumann 1783
: 81
Language:
Early Sranan
by
Margot C. van den Berg
and
Adrienne Bruyn
cite
Datapoints:
Ability verb and epistemic possibility: Ability verb cannot express epistemic possibility
Predicative possession: Transitive
Existential verb and transitive possession verb: Differentiation
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