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Example 44-104
Sigúro dikél komígu yasé parí di mi nána.
Sigúro
maybe
dikél
like.that
komígu
1sg
.
obj
yasé
pfv
.make
parí
give.birth
di
of
mi
1sg
.
poss
nána.
mother
It is possible that I was born like this. OR: It is possible that my mother gave birth to me like this.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Own data
Language:
Ternate Chabacano
by
Eeva Sippola
cite
Datapoints:
Ability verb and epistemic possibility: Ability verb cannot express epistemic possibility
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