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Example 49-149
Manman, ki lè m a kapab leve on gwo sak san liv sik?
Manman,
mum
ki
what
lè
time
m
1sg
a
fut
kapab
can
leve
lift.up
on
def
gwo
big
sak
sack
san
hundred
liv
pound
sik?
sugar
Mum, when will I be able to lift a big sack of one hundred pounds of sugar?
French:
Maman, quand est-ce que je serai capable de soulever un gros sac de cent livres de sucre?
Type:
constructed by linguist
Source:
Dejean 1982
: 34
Language:
Haitian Creole
by
Dominique Fattier
cite
Datapoints:
Ability verb and epistemic possibility: Ability verb also expresses epistemic possibility
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