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Example 53-417
Li peu èt malad, me mo pa kòne.
Li
3sg
peu
can
èt
be
malad,
ill
me
but
mo
1sg
pa
neg
kòne.
know
He could be ill, but I don't know.
Type:
naturalistic written
Source:
Neumann 1985
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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