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Example 44-105
Sigúro di yegá el día, ésti di maári hasí, i mas di kedá bwénu el situasyón di késti pwéblu.
Sigúro
perhaps
di
ctpl
yegá
come
el
def
día,
day
ésti
this
di
ctpl
maári
can
hasí,
make
i
and
mas
more
di
ctpl
kedá
become
bwénu
good
el
def
situasyón
situation
di
of
késti
this
pwéblu.
town
Perhaps there will be a day when this can be done and the situation of this town will become better.
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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