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Example 29-103
Hy kan môre kom.
Hy
3sg
.
m
.
nom
kan
is.able/is.possible
môre
tomorrow
kom.
come
He is able to come tomorrow / He may come tomorrow.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Own knowledge
Language:
Afrikaans
by
Hans den Besten
and
Theresa Biberauer
cite
Datapoints:
Ability verb and epistemic possibility: Ability verb also expresses epistemic possibility
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