Value Ability verb also expresses epistemic possibility

Language:
Vincentian Creole
Parameter:
Ability verb and epistemic possibility

Examples

  1. I kod bi laas.
    I
    1sg
    kod
    mod
    bi
    be
    laas.
    lost/last
    It/He/She could be lost/last. OR: It/He/She is possibly lost/last.
  2. Yo kod go nou.
    Yo
    2.sbj
    kod
    mod
    go
    go
    nou.
    now
    You may go now.
  3. Di seim ting we i lokin fa outsaid i kod get it insaid.
    Di
    art
    seim
    same
    ting
    thing
    we
    rel
    i
    3sg
    lok-in
    look-prog
    fa
    for
    out-said
    out-side
    i
    3sg
    kod
    mod
    get
    get
    it
    3sg.n
    in-said.
    in-side
    Whatever he is looking for outside can be obtained inside.

    See Prescod 2004: 220

  4. Wi/aawi kod swim.
    Wi/aawi
    1pl
    kod
    mod
    swim.
    swim
    We can swim.