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Example 41-93
tɔɔna aka midisaam inda uŋapa araa naa poyski
tɔɔna
afterwards
aka
that
midisaam
measurement
inda
yet
uŋa-pa
one-
dat
araa
go.wrong
naa
neg
.
fut
poy=ski
habil
=
report
Subsequently, it won't be possible for the measurement to be misinterpreted by someone else, apparently.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Smith 1974-5
: 2235
Language:
Sri Lanka Portuguese
by
Ian R. Smith
cite
Datapoints:
Ability verb and epistemic possibility: Ability verb also expresses epistemic possibility
Negative morpheme types: Negative particle
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