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Ability verb and epistemic possibility
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Ability verb also expresses epistemic possibility
Example 52-11:
i
pouvé ka ékri
roun bon liv
i
he
pouvé
can
ka
prog
ékri
write
roun
a
bon
good
liv
book
He might be able to write a good book.
Source:
Pfänder 2000
: 146
Example 52-60:
es to pouvé chanté lamenm?
es
q
to
you
pouvé
can
chanté
sing
lamenm?
now
Are you able to sing (right) now?
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
Guyanais
by
Stefan Pfänder
cite
Language:
Guyanais
Feature:
Ability verb and epistemic possibility
Source:
Kriegel et al. 2003
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