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Example 71-73
Makawela hanapaa kela puu, wau aole
hiki
hele mawaho, wau kahea holina.
Makawela
Makawela
hanapaa
hold
kela
det
puu,
throat
wau
1sg
aole
neg
hiki
abil
hele
go
mawaho,
outside
wau
1sg
kahea
call
holina.
haul.in
Makawela grabbed my throat, I couldn't go outside, I called for help.
Type:
naturalistic written
Source:
Own data 1897
Language:
Pidgin Hawaiian
by
Sarah J. Roberts
cite
Datapoints:
Ability verb and epistemic possibility: Ability verb cannot express epistemic possibility
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