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Ability verb and epistemic possibility
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Ability verb cannot express epistemic possibility
Example 38-100:
Mentan fo lantaf.
Amu-na-tan
1sg
-
neg
-
iter
fo
can
lanta-f.
get.up-
neg
I can’t get up anymore.
Example 38-101:
Osesyi saku wanna navin pa xa fo be pa tan xa bi.
Osesyi
nowadays
sa-ku
be-with
wan-na
art
-
art
navin
ship
pa
for
xa
evid
fo
can
ba-iai
go-there
pa
for
tan
iter
xa
evid
bi.
come
Nowadays there is a ship so that one can go there and come back.
Confidence:
Certain
Language:
Fa d’Ambô
by
Marike Post
cite
Language:
Fa d’Ambô
Feature:
Ability verb and epistemic possibility
Source:
Own fieldwork 1993
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