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Ability verb and epistemic possibility
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Ability verb cannot express epistemic possibility
Example 70-4:
Tum sako jao jangal akele suto.
Tum
2sg
sako
can
jao
go
jangal
bush
akele
alone
suto.
sleep
You can go in the bush and sleep alone.
Example 70-41:
Bigo kali u-loŋ sako kao.
Bigo
throw
kali
only
u-loŋ
3-
pl
sako
can
kao.
eat
Just throw it and they can eat it.
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
Pidgin Hindustani
by
Jeff Siegel
cite
Language:
Pidgin Hindustani
Feature:
Ability verb and epistemic possibility
Source:
Own knowledge
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