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Example 7-141
Yo kod go nou.
Yo
2.
sbj
kod
mod
go
go
nou.
now
You may go now.
Comment:
'May' signals permission, so that this example means 'You have my permission to go now'.
Type:
constructed by native-speaker linguist
Source:
Own knowledge
Language:
Vincentian Creole
by
Paula Prescod
cite
Datapoints:
Ability verb and epistemic possibility: Ability verb also expresses epistemic possibility
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