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Example 68-64
Ana ana bisa dapa uang sadiki sadiki.
Ana~ana
pl
~child
bisa
can
dapa
get
uang
money
sadiki~sadiki.
adv
~little
The children are able to get a little money.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Scott 2008
: 636
Language:
Ambon Malay
by
Scott Paauw
cite
Datapoints:
Ability verb and epistemic possibility: Ability verb cannot express epistemic possibility
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