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Example 31-201
Uji, el ka ben ma el pode ben manhan.
Uji,
today
el
3sg
ka
neg
ben
come
ma
but
el
3sg
pode
can
ben
come
manhan.
tomorrow
He did not come today, but he is likely to come tomorrow.
Type:
constructed by native-speaker linguist
Source:
Own knowledge
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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