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Example 18-76
'Dem 'fit 'giv 'yu 'som 'smol 'ting.
Dem
3pl
.
sbj
fit
be.able
gif
give
yu
2sg
.
obl
som
some
smol
small
tin.
thing
They can give you a small something.
Type:
published source
Source:
Féral 1989
: 133
Language:
Cameroon Pidgin English
by
Anne Schröder
cite
Datapoints:
Ability verb and epistemic possibility: Ability verb cannot express epistemic possibility
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