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Example 7-34
Wi/aawi kod swim.
Wi/aawi
1pl
kod
mod
swim.
swim
We can swim.
Comment:
Here, 'can' signals ability so that
wi kod swim
means 'We know how to swim'.
Wi
and
aawi
are variants for the 1st person plural.
Type:
constructed by native-speaker linguist
Source:
Own knowledge
Language:
Vincentian Creole
by
Paula Prescod
cite
Datapoints:
Inclusive/exclusive distinction in independent personal pronouns: No inclusive/exclusive distinction
Ability verb and epistemic possibility: Ability verb also expresses epistemic possibility
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