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Example 63-109
fi yóm wáy múmkin ta ma wéza wónus ma Núbi má
fi
in
yóm
day
wáy
one
múmkin
maybe
ta
2sg
ma
neg
wéza
can
wónus
speak
ma
with
Núbi
Nubi
má
neg
It may happen that during a whole day you can't find a Nubi with whom you could speak Kinubi.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Luffin 2005
: 208
Language:
Kinubi
by
Xavier Luffin
cite
Datapoints:
Ability verb and epistemic possibility: Ability verb cannot express epistemic possibility
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