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Example 75-135
No, namo kashkihtaan chikishkaman anima.
No,
no
namo
neg
ki-kashkihtaa-n
2-be.able-2
chi-kishkam-an
comp
.
fut
-fit.
inan
-2
anima.
that
No, you are not able to fit that one.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Fleury 2007
Language:
Michif
by
Peter Bakker
cite
Datapoints:
Ability verb and epistemic possibility: Ability verb cannot express epistemic possibility
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