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Example 51-90
Man
pé
pati adan an mwa, kon man
pé
pati adan an simenn.
Man
1sg
pé
can
pati
leave
adan
in
an
one
mwa,
month
kon
as
man
1sg
pé
can
pati
leave
adan
in
an
one
simenn.
week
I may leave in one month, as well as I may leave in one week.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Own fieldwork
Language:
Martinican Creole
by
Serge Colot
and
Ralph Ludwig
cite
Datapoints:
Ability verb and epistemic possibility: Ability verb also expresses epistemic possibility
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