A Grammar of Tamashek (Tuareg of Mali)

8.5 Participles (subject relatives) 499

c.

d.

e.

w-i he

Ma-Dem.Pl Fut

'they-MaPl who will eat' [R]

t-i he

Fe-Dem.Pl Fut

'they-FePl who will eat' [R]

sksa-nen

eat.Shlmpf-Partpl.Pl

aksa-nen

eat.Shlmpf-Partpl.Pl

ded-en [t-i-\tt

woman-FePl [Fe-Dem.Pl-\3MaSgO

e seqrae-nen]

Fut kill.Shlmpf-.Shlmpf-Partpl.Pl]

'the women who will kill him' [K-d]

For Kidal-area dialects, I have also recorded 0-aeksa-n instead of aksa-n
in (525.a). The difference is whether Short-V Harmony applies.
The R future negative counterparts of (525) are illustrated in (526).

(526) Definite Future Negative Participles (R)

a. MaSg

i. w-a he wasr-sen

Ma-Dem.Sg Fut Neg-Partpl.MaSg

1-duban

3MaSgS -marry. S hlmpf

'he who will not get married'

11. w-a

in. w-a

he waer-aen

waer-aen

e

Fut

Vduban

l-dubsn

b. FeSg

i. t-a he

Fut

waer

Fe-Dem.Sg Neg

t-adubsn-ast

3FeSgS-marry.ShImpf-Partpl.FeSg

'she who will not marry'

e

Fut

li. t-a he waer-aet

Neg-Partpl.FeSg

t-adüban-aet

iii. t-α waer e t-sdüban-aet