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Value Ability verb also expresses epistemic possibility
Language:
Negerhollands
Parameter:
Ability verb and epistemic possibility
Examples
Ham na kan ris dǝ stēn.
Ham
3sg
na
neg
kan
can
ris
lift
dǝ
the
stēn.
stone
He cannot lift the stone.
See
Josselin de Jong 1926
: 11
Am ha sē, Adinja na kan sē am ēntēn lik: di fo ha sómgut am maṅkḗ am fo du.
Am
3sg
ha
pst
sē,
say
Adinja
Adinja
na
neg
kan
can
sē
say
am
3sg
ēntēn
no
lik:
lie
di
det
fo
must
ha
have
sómgut
something
am
3sg
maṅkḗ
want
am
3sg
fo
to
du.
do
He said, Adinja cannot have told him any lie: there must be something he wants him to do.
See
Josselin de Jong 1926
: 13
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