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286 6 Prepositions
(286) Pronominal Paradigm of jannaj 'above'
person Sg PI
1 jannaj-i, jennaj-er jannaj-naer
2Ma jannaj-ak jannaj-waen
2Fe jannaj-am jannaj-kmast
3Ma jannaj-as jannaj-saen
3Fe " jannaj-snaet
6.5.5 'on' (fael, faella-)
This preposition can mean 'on (an object or surface)' and has some more
abstract uses associated with particular verbs such as 'be obligatory (on X)'.
With a temporal noun it can mean 'within, in the space of, as in fael "'ae-waetay
'in the space of (=within) a year'. It is used with complements of certain verbs
such as -rvftu- 'be frightened of (something)'.
It can also be used in the context of cause or motive. It is part of ma-\fael
'why?' (lit. 'on what?'), and various clause-initial conjunction-like phrases
meaning 'because ...', including α fael... and just fael... (§12.3.7, §13.3.2).
An example of ungeminated 1 before a noun is fael nae-haen 'on the house'.
In some versions of the local Tamashek orthography the preposition is written
as fall even in prenominal position, but there is no linguistic basis for this.
Before a pronominal ending, the basic form is faella- (287).
(287) Pronominal Paradigm of fael 'on'
person Sg PI
1 faell-i, faell-ev faella-naer
2Ma faella-k faella-wwaen
2Fe faella-m faella-kmaet
3Ma faella-s faella-ssaen
3Fe tl faella-snaet
The noun a-faella 'north; top, upper part' occurs in most dialects. T-ka and
T-md distinguish the two accentually as a-faella 'north' and ά-faella 'top'.
(288) a. t-aja-d-\taet [fael ^ae-raeff-annet]
2S-put.ShImpf-2SgS-\3FeSgS [on Sg-head-3SgPoss]
'... and put it (=wild date pit) on his head.' [K]
