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Example 71-90
Iaia lawe
paha
aole
paha,
aole wau ike.
Iaia
3sg
lawe
take
paha
perhaps
aole
neg
paha,
perhaps
aole
neg
wau
1sg
ike.
know
Maybe he took it, maybe not, I don't know.
Type:
naturalistic written
Source:
Own data 1891
Language:
Pidgin Hawaiian
by
Sarah J. Roberts
cite
Datapoints:
Ability verb and epistemic possibility: Ability verb cannot express epistemic possibility
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