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Example 50-96
An
pé rivé
a
fè sa ba'w dèmen, mé sa pa sèten.
An
1sg
pé
can
rivé
arrive
a
prep
fè
do
sa
it
ba'w
for.
2sg
dèmen,
tomorrow
mé
but
sa
it
pa
neg
sèten.
be.certain
I will possibly do it for you tomorrow, but it is not certain.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Own fieldwork
Language:
Guadeloupean Creole
by
Serge Colot
and
Ralph Ludwig
cite
Datapoints:
Ability verb and epistemic possibility: Ability verb also expresses epistemic possibility
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