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Example 67-119
Boleh nampak?
Boleh
can
nampak?
see
Can [you] see [it]?
Comment:
Here
boleh
implies ability.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Own knowledge
Language:
Singapore Bazaar Malay
by
Khin Khin Aye
cite
Datapoints:
Ability verb and epistemic possibility: Ability verb cannot express epistemic possibility
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