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Example 70-41
Bigo kali u-loŋ sako kao.
Bigo
throw
kali
only
u-loŋ
3-
pl
sako
can
kao.
eat
Just throw it and they can eat it.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Siegel-field recording
Language:
Pidgin Hindustani
by
Jeff Siegel
cite
Datapoints:
Ability verb and epistemic possibility: Ability verb cannot express epistemic possibility
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