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Example 53-212
Li se pe manje sa.
Li
3sg
se
cond
pe
can
manje
eat
sa.
dem
He might have eaten that.
French:
Il se pourrait qu'il ait mangé cela.
Type:
elicited from speaker
Source:
Neumann 1985
: 226
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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