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Example 62-44
sí
múru
ku?onhi na gomaé
si-muru
1sg
.
neg
-can
ku-?onhi
15-wash
na
with
gomae
clothes
I can't swim with clothes.
Type:
elicited from speaker
Source:
Own field data 1993
Language:
Mixed Ma’a/Mbugu
by
Maarten Mous
cite
Datapoints:
Ability verb and epistemic possibility: Ability verb also expresses epistemic possibility
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