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Ability verb and epistemic possibility
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Ability verb cannot express epistemic possibility
Example 63-106:
ána
wéza
nyákame íta
ána
1sg
wéza
can
nyákame
rob
íta
2sg
I can rob you.
Source:
Luffin 2005
: 299
Example 63-107:
ána ma
ágder
gén ma italians
ána
1sg
ma
neg
ágder
can
gén
stay
ma
with
italians
Italians
I can’t live with Italians.
Source:
Luffin 2005
: 300
Example 63-108:
lábda shetán gi-já fi júwa
lábda
maybe
shetán
devil
gi-já
tam
-come
fi
in
júwa
house
Maybe the devil will enter the house.
Source:
Luffin 2005
: 208
Example 63-109:
fi yóm wáy múmkin ta ma wéza wónus ma Núbi má
fi
in
yóm
day
wáy
one
múmkin
maybe
ta
2sg
ma
neg
wéza
can
wónus
speak
ma
with
Núbi
Nubi
má
neg
It may happen that during a whole day you can't find a Nubi with whom you could speak Kinubi.
Source:
Luffin 2005
: 208
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
Kinubi
by
Xavier Luffin
cite
Language:
Kinubi
Feature:
Ability verb and epistemic possibility
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