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Example 47-114
E ora nan lo mester
por
papia Ingles ku e turista nan.
E
def
ora
hour
nan
3pl
lo
mood
mester
must
por
can
papia
speak
Ingles
English
ku
with
e
def
turista
tourist
nan.
pl
In that case they have to be able to speak English with the tourists.
Type:
published source
Source:
Kouwenberg 2007
: 314
Language:
Papiamentu
by
Silvia Kouwenberg
cite
Datapoints:
Ability verb and epistemic possibility: Ability verb also expresses epistemic possibility
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