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Ability verb and epistemic possibility
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Ability verb also expresses epistemic possibility
Example 62-43:
hahali mikó ishirini i-lit-íye ki-
múru
ku-lá
hahali
16-other
mikó
years
ishirini
twenty
i-lit-íye
4-come-
prf
ki-múru
7-can
ku-lá
15-get.lost
Otherwise, in twenty years the language may get lost.
Example 62-44:
sí
múru
ku?onhi na gomaé
si-muru
1sg
.
neg
-can
ku-?onhi
15-wash
na
with
gomae
clothes
I can't swim with clothes.
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
Mixed Ma’a/Mbugu
by
Maarten Mous
cite
Language:
Mixed Ma’a/Mbugu
Feature:
Ability verb and epistemic possibility
Source:
Own knowledge
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