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Example 27-149
Am ha sē, Adinja na kan sē am ēntēn lik: di fo ha sómgut am maṅkḗ am fo du.
Am
3sg
ha
pst
sē,
say
Adinja
Adinja
na
neg
kan
can
sē
say
am
3sg
ēntēn
no
lik:
lie
di
det
fo
must
ha
have
sómgut
something
am
3sg
maṅkḗ
want
am
3sg
fo
to
du.
do
He said, Adinja cannot have told him any lie: there must be something he wants him to do.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Josselin de Jong 1926
: 13
Language:
Negerhollands
by
Robbert van Sluijs
cite
Datapoints:
Ability verb and epistemic possibility: Ability verb also expresses epistemic possibility
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