Value Ability verb cannot express epistemic possibility

Language:
Singlish
Parameter:
Ability verb and epistemic possibility

Examples

  1. You can hear the engine.
    You
    2sg
    can
    can
    hear
    hear
    the
    det
    engine.
    engine
    You can hear the engine.

    See Lim 2004: 45

  2. You can perhaps/possibly hear the engine.
    You
    2sg
    can
    can
    perhaps/possibly
    perhaps/possibly
    hear
    hear
    the
    det
    engine.
    engine
    You can perhaps/possibly hear the engine.