658 12 Extraction processesThe explicit 'which?' pronominals compete with partitive phrases of the
type 'who (or what) among them' using a 'who?' or 'what?' pronominal (777).
The partitive is expressed with Locative preposition dzer. However, sndek
'which?' itself can also occur with a dihr phrase, as in (775.d), above.(777) mi-\daer-saen i-ssdn-asn
who?-\in-3MaPl 3MaSgS-know.Reslt-Partpl.MaSg
'Who among them (=which of them) knows?'12.3.9 'how much/many?' (man-iket) and 'how?' (man-ammak)man-iket 'how much?' or 'how many?' can be used as a NP by itself, as in
(778). The form is rather fused, but could perhaps still be segmented as ma η
iket 'what of quantity?'.
(778) man-lket-\kaey i-kfa
how.much?-\2SgO 3MaSgS-give.PerfP
'How much did he give you?'
When combined with a noun, we get any of the constructions in (779).(779) a. man-iket ded-en
how.many? woman-FePl
'how many women?'
b. [man-iket slkattab-aen] t-azz-snsae-d
[how.many? book-MaPl] 2S-Caus-be.sold.PerfP-2SgS
'How many books did you-Sg buy?' [K-d]c. man-iket η dzrsf
how.much? Poss money
'how much money?'d. man-iket [daer azraf]
how.much? [in money]
'how much (of) money?' (partitive)