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Example 49-150
Ti Pòl mande manman l si l kapab met sik nan lèt li.
Ti
Little
Pòl
Paul
mande
ask
manman
mother
l
3sg
si
if
l
3sg
kapab
can
met
put
sik
sugar
nan
in
lèt
milk
li.
3sg
Little Paul asks his mother whether he has the permission to put sugar in his milk.
French:
Petit Paul demande à sa mère s’il a l’autorisation de mettre du sucre dans son lait.
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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