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Example 28-99
ju kan fɛndɛ gurma ken kaɲa stɛdi
ju
2sg
kan
can
fɛndɛ
find
gurma
ochroe
ka
neg
eni
3pl
kain-a
pick-
ipfv
stɛdi
steady
You cannot find / You won't find any ochroes, they are picking (them) all the time.
Comment:
This illustrates situational possibility, as expressed by the use of
kan
.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Kouwenberg 1994
: 78
Language:
Berbice Dutch
by
Silvia Kouwenberg
cite
Datapoints:
Ability verb and epistemic possibility: Ability verb also expresses epistemic possibility
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