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Datapoint Vincentian Creole/Ability verb and epistemic possibility

Example 7-34:: Wi/aawi kod swim.
Wi/aawi
1pl
kod
mod
swim.
swim
We can swim.
Example 7-140:: I kod bi laas.
I
1sg
kod
mod
bi
be
laas.
lost/last
It/He/She could be lost/last. OR: It/He/She is possibly lost/last.
Example 7-141:: Yo kod go nou.
Yo
2.sbj
kod
mod
go
go
nou.
now
You may go now.
Example 7-142:: Di seim ting we i lokin fa outsaid i kod get it insaid.
Di
art
seim
same
ting
thing
we
rel
i
3sg
lok-in
look-prog
fa
for
out-said
out-side
i
3sg
kod
mod
get
get
it
3sg.n
in-said.
in-side
Whatever he is looking for outside can be obtained inside.

Source: Prescod 2004: 220