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Example 64-114
kan rábbana géru íta íta biágder árif hája al kwes wa al batál
kan
cond
rábbana
god
géru
change
íta
2sg
íta
2sg
bi=ágder
irr
=can
árif
know
hája
thing
al
rel
kwes
good
wa
and
al
rel
batál
bad
If God changed you, you could know what is right and what is wrong.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Manfredi 2005
: 195
Language:
Juba Arabic
by
Stefano Manfredi
and
Sara Petrollino
cite
Datapoints:
Ability verb and epistemic possibility: Ability verb cannot express epistemic possibility
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