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Example 34-82
I
podé
beŋ amañaŋ ma N ka tené sertesa.
I
3sg
.
sbj
ø
pfv
podé
can
beŋ
come
amañaŋ
tomorrow
ma
but
N
1sg
.
sbj
ka
neg
ø
pfv
tené
have
sertesa.
confidence
He/she may/might come tomorrow but I am not sure of that.
Comment:
This illustrates an epistemic use of
podé.
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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