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Example 47-113
Lo e tabata por ta traha den kurá ora b’a bèl.
Lo
mood
e
3sg
tabata
pst
por
can
ta
tns
traha
work
den
in
kurá
yard
ora
hour
bo
2sg
a
pfv
bèl.
call
He was possibly working in the yard when you called (on the phone).
Comment:
Por
marks epistemic possibility here; The translation is mine.
Type:
published source
Source:
Maurer 1988
: 291
Language:
Papiamentu
by
Silvia Kouwenberg
cite
Datapoints:
Ability verb and epistemic possibility: Ability verb also expresses epistemic possibility
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