A Grammar of Tamashek (Tuareg of Mali)

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280 6 Prepositions

(278) Pronominal Paradigm of d 'with' and of dsr 'in' (R dialect)

person Sg PI

1 dar-i (rerely dser-er) da-nasr
2Ma d-ak da-wasn
2Fe d-am da-kmast
3Ma d-as (fa-sasn
3Fe II da-snaet

In these dialects, forms like d-as still function as bisyllabic for purposes of
Default Accentuation: olaeh-aer-\dar-as Ί resemble him' (T-ka along with
A-grm and K-d), with regular antepenultimate default accent, and variant
olaeh-aiY-\d-9s (R T-md) with accent on the same syllable (which is here the
penult rather than antepenult). In other words, we should really represent the
dialectal allomorphs as O-d-as and the like, where the diacritic indicates that
the default accent falls on the immediately preceding syllable.
For 'without X', where X is some NP or adverbial, see §6.7, below.
Further examples of Comitative d are in (279). See also the use of d in
numeral phrases (§5.1.2.1, §5.1.2.4).


(279) a. t-assaq-q-\dar-as
Fe-connect.VblN-FeSg-\with-3Sg
'being connected with (=adjacent to) it.'

b. iket t-an-aelmad-asn
just LoImpf-0-know.LoImpfP-3MaPlS
[d addinaet-annet]
[with people-3SgPoss]
'Just recently they are becoming familiar with its people.'

c. α-haeroj-naesaen [d addinaet-naesasn]
Sg-be.neighbor.VblN-3MaPlPoss [with people-3MaPlPoss]
'their being neighbors with their people'

d. ae-kall an sunu baeqkas [ad koro]
Sg-land Poss S Β [and K]
'the land of Sounou, Bankass, and Koro (villages)'.

e. waer-\dar-as ass-art aey-aen haeraet anta
Neg-\with-3Sg Caus-mix-3MaPlS thing 3Sg
'They don't mix anything with it (=have nothing to do with
it)·'
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