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Example 1-132
Da somma no
sabi
va swem.
Da
det
.
sg
soma
person
no
neg
sabi
know
fu
to
swen.
swim
That person cannot swim (doesn't know how to swim).
German:
Der Mensch kann nicht schwimmen [op.cit.]
Comment:
Sabi
denotes mental participant-internal ability.
Type:
written (dictionary)
Source:
Schumann 1783
: 169
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
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