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Value Ability verb also expresses epistemic possibility
Language:
Nengee
Parameter:
Ability verb and epistemic possibility
References
Migge 2006
: 34
Examples
A sa e wooko nownouw.
A sa e wooko nownouw.
3sg
can
ipfv
now
He might be working now.
A taanga, a sa diki wan ondoo kilo.
A
he
taanga,
strong
a
he
sa
abil
diki
lift
wan
one
ondoo
hundred
kilo.
kilo
He is strong, he can lift one hundred kilos.
See
Migge 2006
: 37
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