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Ability verb and epistemic possibility
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Ability verb cannot express epistemic possibility
Example 23-39:
yu
no
save shopping blong ol man wetem blong yu
yu
2sg
no
neg
save
can
shopping
shopping
blong
poss
ol
pl
man
man
wetem
with
blong
poss
yu
2sg
You can't do everyone else's shopping and yours.
Source:
Meyerhoff nd
Example 23-93:
mebi woman blong hem i holem faev tausen
mebi
perhaps
woman
woman
blong
poss
hem
3sg
i
agr
holem
hold
faev
five
tausen
thousand
His girlfriend took something like five thousand (vatu = money).
Source:
Meyerhoff nd
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
Bislama
by
Miriam Meyerhoff
cite
Language:
Bislama
Feature:
Ability verb and epistemic possibility
Source:
Meyerhoff nd
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