Value Ability verb also expresses epistemic possibility

Language:
Nigerian Pidgin
Parameter:
Ability verb and epistemic possibility
References
Faraclas 1996: 208-216

Examples

  1. Mà pìkín fit rid.
    Mà
    my
    pìkín
    child
    fit
    be.able
    rid.
    read
    My child can/may read.
  2. Mà pìkín fit dè rid.
    Mà
    my
    pìkín
    child
    fit
    be.able
    dè
    ncompl
    rid.
    read
    My child may be reading.