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Example 57-51
Me japa mwaja mete nde lao.
Me
but
japa
exist
.
neg
mwaja
abil
mete
put
nde
from
lao.
up.there
But there is no possibility to put it upwards down (the direction of the construction of the thatched roof of a hut).
Type:
naturalistic written
Source:
Ehrhart 1993
: 241
Language:
Tayo
by
Sabine Ehrhart
and
Melanie Revis
cite
Datapoints:
Ability verb and epistemic possibility: Ability verb cannot express epistemic possibility
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