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Example 61-53
Yena yazi ga bala.
Yena
he
yaz
know
ga
inf
bala.
write
He can write. OR: He knows (how) to write.
Comment:
No epistemic possibility implied of the sort *
Maybe he can write
(for which proficient speakers use an adverb).
Type:
elicited from speaker
Source:
Field notes Mesthrie
Language:
Fanakalo
by
Rajend Mesthrie
cite
Datapoints:
Ability verb and epistemic possibility: Ability verb cannot express epistemic possibility
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