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Example 22-95
Kapul i bai i no inap lukim em.
Kapul
possum
i
pm
bai
fut
i
pm
no
neg
inap
abil
lukim
see
em.
3sg
The possum won't be able to see it.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
nd
: StXav7\Elias\es\m15\momas\esp
Language:
Tok Pisin
by
Geoff P. Smith
and
Jeff Siegel
cite
Datapoints:
Ability verb and epistemic possibility: Ability verb cannot express epistemic possibility
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