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Example 28-199
o bi, bidaka kan kum bek gau
o
3sg
bi,
say
bidaka
daylight
kan
can
kumu
come
beki
little
gau
quick
She said, if only daylight could come soon.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
field notes
Language:
Berbice Dutch
by
Silvia Kouwenberg
cite
Datapoints:
Ability verb and epistemic possibility: Ability verb also expresses epistemic possibility
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