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Value Ability verb cannot express epistemic possibility
Language:
Chinese Pidgin Russian
Parameter:
Ability verb and epistemic possibility
References
Perekhvalskaya 2008
: 163-164
Examples
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
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
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