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Ability verb and epistemic possibility
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Ability verb also expresses epistemic possibility
Example 29-103:
Hy kan môre kom.
Hy
3sg
.
m
.
nom
kan
is.able/is.possible
môre
tomorrow
kom.
come
He is able to come tomorrow / He may come tomorrow.
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
Afrikaans
by
Hans den Besten
and
Theresa Biberauer
cite
Language:
Afrikaans
Feature:
Ability verb and epistemic possibility
Source:
Own knowledge
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