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Example 37-90
Ee, txi
po
gita [...].
Ee,
yes
txi
2sg
Ø
ipfv
po
can
gita
shout
[...].
[...]
Well, you can shout [...]. OR: Yes, you may shout [...].
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Maurer 2009
: 183
Language:
Principense
by
Philippe Maurer
cite
Datapoints:
Ability verb and epistemic possibility: Ability verb cannot express epistemic possibility
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