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Example 56-112
Pyer i kapab arive.
Pyer
Pyer
i
pm
kapab
able
arive.
arrive
Peter may arrive. OR: Peter can arrive.
Type:
constructed by linguist
Source:
Own knowledge
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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