Value Ability verb cannot express epistemic possibility

Language:
Hawai‘i Creole
Parameter:
Ability verb and epistemic possibility
References
Velupillai 2003: 47, 129, 128

Examples

  1. Speaker_A: ʃi was gudlukin – Speaker_B: jɛ æn ʃi kæn siŋ
    Speaker_A:
    Speaker_a:
    ʃi
    3sg
    was
    was
    gudlukin
    good.looking
    –
    –
    Speaker_B:
    Speaker_B:
    jɛ
    yeah
    æn
    and
    ʃi
    3sg
    kæn
    abil
    siŋ
    sing
    Speaker A: She was good-looking. – Speaker B: Yeah, and she could sing.

    See Velupillai 2003: 47

  2. don swɛɹ in dɛɹ [...] bikaz samtin maɪd hæpɛn
    don
    don't
    swɛɹ
    swear
    in
    in
    dɛɹ
    there
    [...]
    [...]
    bikaz
    because
    samtin
    indf
    maɪd
    judg
    hæpɛn
    happen
    Don't swear there [...] because something might happen.

    See Velupillai 2003: 129

  3. ju don waʃ jo hɛa kaz id maid fal af
    ju
    2sg
    don
    don't
    waʃ
    wash
    jo
    2sg.poss
    hɛa
    hair
    kaz
    cause
    id
    3sg
    maid
    specul.judg
    fal
    fall
    af
    off
    You don't wash your hair because it might fall off.

    See Velupillai 2003: 128