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Example 20-64
米哪(口件)希也
My no can hear.
My
1sg
no
neg
can
can
hear.
hear
I am deaf.
Type:
naturalistic written
Source:
Tong 1862
: IV.46
Language:
Chinese Pidgin English
by
Michelle Li
and
Stephen Matthews
cite
Datapoints:
Ability verb and epistemic possibility: Ability verb cannot express epistemic possibility
'Hear' and 'smell': Differentiation
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