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Example 31-105
N
pode
leba un anu o dos anu konformi N tene dinheru.
N
I
pode
can
leba
take
un
one
anu
year
o
or
dos
two
anu
year
konformi
depending
N
I
tene
have
dinheru.
money
I can take one year or two depending on whether I have money.
Comment:
The verb
pode
'can' in this sentence has the ability meaning.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
nd
Language:
Cape Verdean Creole of Brava
by
Marlyse Baptista
cite
Datapoints:
Ability verb and epistemic possibility: Ability verb also expresses epistemic possibility
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