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Example 53-215
Nou te senk sè e sèt frè, e se juch mon ke ka parle sa.
Nou
1pl
te
pst
senk
five
sè
sister
e
and
sèt
seven
frè,
brother
e
and
se
it.is
juch
only
mon
1sg
ke
rel
ka
can
parle
speak
sa.
dem
We were five sisters and seven brothers, and I'm the only one who can speak it.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Klingler 2003
: 273
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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