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Example 56-111
Be en zwazo konmyen dizef i
kapab
ponn?
Be
but
en
a
zwazo
bird
konmyen
how.many
dizef
egg
i
3sg
kapab
can
ponn?
lay
But a bird, how many eggs can it lay?
French:
Mais un oiseau, combien d'œufs il peut pondre? (Bollée & Rosalie 1994: 197)
Comment:
This example illustrates the ability use of
kapab
.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Bollée and Rosalie 1994
: 196
Language:
Seychelles Creole
by
Susanne Maria Michaelis
and
Marcel Rosalie
cite
Datapoints:
Ability verb and epistemic possibility: Ability verb also expresses epistemic possibility
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