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Example 36-71
N na ka
pô
ngana Alê fô.
N
I
na
neg
ka
ipfv
pô
can
ngana
cheat
Alê
king
fô.
neg
I cannot cheat you.
French:
Je ne puis vous tromper.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Maurer 1995
: 73
Language:
Angolar
by
Philippe Maurer
cite
Datapoints:
Ability verb and epistemic possibility: Ability verb also expresses epistemic possibility
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