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Example 35-124
Ê ka pô bila bi nganha.
Ê
3sg
ka
ipfv
pô
can
bila
turn
bi
come
nganha.
win
It is possible that he wins (the elections) again. OR: He could win again.
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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