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Example 60-75
a
kok
í kozala na Kinshása
a-kok-í
3sg
-can-
prs
.
prf
ko-zal-a
inf
-be-
fv
na
in
Kinshása
Kinshasa
It is possible that she is in Kinshasa.
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:
constructed by near-native speaker linguist
Source:
Own knowledge
Language:
Lingala
by
Michael Meeuwis
cite
Datapoints:
Ability verb and epistemic possibility: Ability verb also expresses epistemic possibility
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