Value Ability verb cannot express epistemic possibility

Language:
Chinese Pidgin Russian
Parameter:
Ability verb and epistemic possibility
References
Perekhvalskaya 2008: 163-164

Examples

  1. Сама не могу, кушай вари не умей его.
    Sama ni magu, kuʃaj wari ni umej iwo.
    Sama
    self
    ni
    neg
    magu,
    can
    kuʃaj
    eat
    wari
    cook
    ni
    neg
    umej
    know.how
    iwo.
    3sg
    She cannot live by herself, she cannot cook.

    See Perekhvalskaya 2008: 236

  2. зафтра може там больница ходи поумилайла.
    Zaftəra moʒe tam bal'niʧa xadi poumilajla.
    Zaftəra
    tomorrow
    moʒe
    maybe
    tam
    there
    bal'niʧa
    hospital
    xadi
    go
    poumilaj-la.
    die-pfv
    It may happen that tomorrow one may fall ill and die.

    See Perekhvalskaya 2008: 264