Value Ability verb also expresses epistemic possibility

Language:
Saramaccan
Parameter:
Ability verb and epistemic possibility
References
van de Vate 2008

Examples

  1. A taánga téee. A sa hópo wán hóndo kiló.
    A
    3sg
    taánga
    strong
    téee.
    ideo
    A
    3sg
    sa
    mod
    hópo
    lift.up
    wán
    det
    hóndo
    hundred
    kiló.
    kilo
    S/he is strong, s/he can lift a hundred kilos.

    See van de Vate 2008: 11

  2. A sa gó a húku.
    A
    3sg
    sa
    mod
    gó
    go
    a
    loc
    húku.
    hook
    She might have gone fishing.

    See van de Vate 2008: 12