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Example 2-127
Den
kan e wakti
unu na oso.
Den
3pl
kan
can
e
ipfv
wakti
wait
unu
1pl
na
loc
oso.
house
They may be awaiting us at home.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Winford 1997
: 92
Language:
Sranan
by
Donald Winford
and
Ingo Plag
cite
Datapoints:
Ability verb and epistemic possibility: Ability verb also expresses epistemic possibility
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