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Example 5-89
dem mosii bin a tel lai pan mi
dem
3pl
mosii
mod
bin
ant
a
asp
tel
tell
lai
lie
pan
on
mi
1sg
They probably were telling lies on me.
Type:
constructed by linguist
Source:
Own knowledge
Language:
Creolese
by
Hubert Devonish
and
Dahlia Thompson
cite
Datapoints:
Ability verb and epistemic possibility: Ability verb cannot express epistemic possibility
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