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Ability verb and epistemic possibility
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Ability verb also expresses epistemic possibility
Example 56-110:
Mon ti
kapab
annan 'pepre dan trez an par la.
Mon
1sg
ti
pst
kapab
can
annan
have
'pepre
about
dan
in
trez
thirteen
an
year
par
through
la.
there
I was probably about thirteen years old.
French:
Je devais avoir environ treize ans. (Bollée & Rosalie 1994: 137)
Source:
Bollée and Rosalie 1994
: 136
Example 56-111:
Be en zwazo konmyen dizef i
kapab
ponn?
Be
but
en
a
zwazo
bird
konmyen
how.many
dizef
egg
i
3sg
kapab
can
ponn?
lay
But a bird, how many eggs can it lay?
French:
Mais un oiseau, combien d'œufs il peut pondre? (Bollée & Rosalie 1994: 197)
Source:
Bollée and Rosalie 1994
: 196
Example 56-112:
Pyer i kapab arive.
Pyer
Pyer
i
pm
kapab
able
arive.
arrive
Peter may arrive. OR: Peter can arrive.
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
Seychelles Creole
by
Susanne Maria Michaelis
and
Marcel Rosalie
cite
Language:
Seychelles Creole
Feature:
Ability verb and epistemic possibility
Source:
Own knowledge
Kriegel et al. 2003
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