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Ability verb and epistemic possibility
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Ability verb cannot express epistemic possibility
Example 5-89:
dem mosii bin a tel lai pan mi
dem
3pl
mosii
mod
bin
ant
a
asp
tel
tell
lai
lie
pan
on
mi
1sg
They probably were telling lies on me.
Example 5-90:
uu gat fut kyan ron
uu
who
gat
have
fut
foot
kyan
can
ron
run
They who have feet can run.
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
Creolese
by
Hubert Devonish
and
Dahlia Thompson
cite
Language:
Creolese
Feature:
Ability verb and epistemic possibility
Source:
Own knowledge
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