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Example 58-71
Yandi
lenda
kwenda.
Yandi
he/she
lenda
can
kwenda.
go
He can/may go.
Comment:
Lenda
can express CAPABILITY or PERMISSION. For an EPISTEMIC use see Example 72.
Type:
constructed by native-speaker linguist
Source:
Own knowledge
Language:
Kikongo-Kituba
by
Salikoko S. Mufwene
cite
Datapoints:
Ability verb and epistemic possibility: Ability verb cannot express epistemic possibility
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