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Example 7-142
Di seim ting we i lokin fa outsaid i kod get it insaid.
Di
art
seim
same
ting
thing
we
rel
i
3sg
lok-in
look-
prog
fa
for
out-said
out-side
i
3sg
kod
mod
get
get
it
3sg
.
n
in-said.
in-side
Whatever he is looking for outside can be obtained inside.
Comment:
Kod
is used for possibility and ability.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Prescod 2004
: 220
Language:
Vincentian Creole
by
Paula Prescod
cite
Datapoints:
Ability verb and epistemic possibility: Ability verb also expresses epistemic possibility
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