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Example 32-83
Aoj el ka ben, ma el
podê
ben manhã.
Aoj
today
el
3sg
ka
neg
ben,
come
ma
but
el
3sg
podê
can
ben
come
manhã.
tomorrow.
He didn't come today but perhaps he will come tomorrow.
Portuguese:
Hoje não veio mas talvez venha amanhã.
Comment:
Here, the verb
podê
expresses epistemic possibility.
Type:
elicited from speaker
Source:
Swolkien de Sousa 2012
Language:
Cape Verdean Creole of São Vicente
by
Dominika Swolkien
cite
Datapoints:
Ability verb and epistemic possibility: Ability verb also expresses epistemic possibility
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