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Example 27-148
Ham na kan ris dǝ stēn.
Ham
3sg
na
neg
kan
can
ris
lift
dǝ
the
stēn.
stone
He cannot lift the stone.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Josselin de Jong 1926
: 11
Language:
Negerhollands
by
Robbert van Sluijs
cite
Datapoints:
Ability verb and epistemic possibility: Ability verb also expresses epistemic possibility
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