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Example 35-123
N na ka pô mata bô fa.
N
1sg
na
neg
ka
ipfv
pô
can
mata
kill
bô
2sg
fa.
neg
I can’t kill you. OR: I'm unable to kill you.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Own data
Language:
Santome
by
Tjerk Hagemeijer
cite
Datapoints:
Ability verb and epistemic possibility: Ability verb also expresses epistemic possibility
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