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Example 60-74
mwána akokí kofungola yangó té
mwána
child
a-kok-í
3sg
-can-
prs
.
prf
ko-fungol-a
inf
-open-
fv
yangó
3sg
.
inan
té
neg
The child is not able to open it.
Comment:
FV = Final vowel; it has no specific grammatical meaning, but ensures the phonologically canonical consonant-vowel structure on forms such as the infinitive, the subjunctive and the future.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
nd
Language:
Lingala
by
Michael Meeuwis
cite
Datapoints:
Ability verb and epistemic possibility: Ability verb also expresses epistemic possibility
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