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Example 74-84

tl’únas mtsáyka músum

tl’únas

maybe

mtsáyka

2pl

músum

sleep

You may sleep. OR: You can sleep.

Type:: constructed by linguist
Source:: Own knowledge

Language:

Chinuk Wawa by Anthony P. Grant

Datapoints:

Ability verb and epistemic possibility: No ability verb

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