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Example 67-120
Kita cerita pekara sedikit, boleh.
Kita
1pl
cerita
talk
pekara
matter
sedikit,
little
boleh.
can
If we talk [about] minor matters, [it is] possible [to use Bazaar Malay].
Comment:
Here
boleh
implies possibility.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Aye 2005
: 182
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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