Datapoint Kriol/Ability verb and epistemic possibility
The ability verb gin~kin~ken occasionally has a permissive reading, but no examples of an epistemic reading could be found in the data surveyed. The usual way to express epistemic possibility is by use of the adverb maitbi~mairri 'maybe'.
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Ability verb cannot express epistemic possibility
- Example 25-42:
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Teikim Nawurla tu, jet tubala Nangari ken luk ani laik thet from haiwei.Teik-imtake-trNawurlaNawurlatu,toojetdemtubalatwoNangariNangarikencanlukseeanijustlaiklikethetdemfromfromhaiwei.highwayTake Nawurla too, those two, Nangari and her, will be able to see it just like that from the highway. (Context: looking for a particular plant)
- Example 25-70:
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Wanim reintaim im gro thet big intit, en yu ken luk thet flaua bla im yuno.Wan=imsubord=3sgrein-taimrain-timeim3sggrogrowthetdembigbigintit,tagenandyu2sgkencanlukseethetdemflauaflowerblapossim3sgyuno.you.knowIn the rain time it grows this high, doesn't it, and you can see its flower, you know.
- Example 25-119:
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"Wal ai gin trai." Imin lagijat la olabat."Walwellai1sggincantrai."tryIm=in3sg=pstlagijatlike.thatlalocolabat.3pl"Well, I'll try," he said to them.
Source: Sandefur and Sandefur 1982: 61
- Example 25-146:
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Brom top, yu ken luk ole haus ebriwea.Bromfromtop,topyu2sgkencanlukseeoleplhaushouseebriwea.everywhereFrom the top, you can see the houses everywhere.
- Confidence:
- Intermediate