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Example 53-209
Se jis twa kapab ede nouzot.
Se
it.is
jis
only
twa
2sg
kapab
can
ede
help
nouzot.
1pl
Only you can help us.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Neumann 1985
: 224
Language:
Louisiana Creole
by
Ingrid Neumann-Holzschuh
and
Thomas A. Klingler
cite
Datapoints:
Ability verb and epistemic possibility: Ability verb also expresses epistemic possibility
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