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Value Ability verb cannot express epistemic possibility
Language:
Fanakalo
Parameter:
Ability verb and epistemic possibility
Examples
Yena yazi ga bala.
Yena
he
yaz
know
ga
inf
bala.
write
He can write. OR: He knows (how) to write.
Kusasa mina ai yazi khona khaya.
Kusasa
tomorrow
mina
I
ai
neg
yazi
be.able
khona
be.
loc
khaya.
house
I won't be home tomorrow. OR: I can't be at home tomorrow. OR: I am unable to be at home tomorrow.
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