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Value Ability verb cannot express epistemic possibility
Language:
Krio
Parameter:
Ability verb and epistemic possibility
Examples
wi go ebul du am tumara
wi
1pl
go
fut
ebul
be.able
du
do
am
it
tumara
tomorrow
We can do it tomorrow. OR: We will be able to do it tomorrow.
sɔntɛm wi go si am tumara
sɔntɛm
maybe
wi
1pl
go
fut
si
see
am
him
tumara
tomorrow
We may see him tomorrow.
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