Atlas of Pidgin and Creole Language Structures Online
Home
Languages
Features
WALS–APiCS
Surveys
Examples
Sources
Authors
Example 1-133
Ju sa mann va tjarri datti?
Yu
2sg
sa
fut
man
be.able
fu
to
tyari
carry
dati?
that
Are you able to carry that?
German:
Wirst du dieses tragen können? [op.cit.]
Comment:
Man
denotes physical ability.
Type:
written (dictionary)
Source:
Schumann 1783
: 107
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
×