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Example 34-81
I
podé
kargá kutágal di arus na kabisa yel soŋ.
I
3sg
.
sbj
ø
pfv
podé
can
kargá
carry
kutágal
basket
di
of
arus
rice
na
on
kabisa
head
yel
3sg
.
indp
soŋ.
alone
He/she is able to carry a (full) basket of rice over his/her head.
Comment:
Here
podé
expresses ability.
Type:
constructed by native-speaker linguist
Source:
Own knowledge
Language:
Casamancese Creole
by
Noël Bernard Biagui
and
Nicolas Quint
cite
Datapoints:
Ability verb and epistemic possibility: Ability verb also expresses epistemic possibility
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