jeff_l
(Jeff_L)
#1
694 13 Clausal subordination
a-w-ά n-ajraeh
Dem-Ma-Dem.Sg lPlS-understand.Reslt
[s anta a-s-alhi yds]
[that 3Sg Sg-Caus-stuff only]
'(a plant) that we have understood that it is just (for) stuffing
(bellies)'
(859.d) in particular shows that the clause under the scope of s 'that' can
be a full-fledged main clause; note that Future ad (clause-initial variant) is not
replaced by a noninitial Future allomorph like mär. However, (858.b) and
(859.a,e) show that s can host a clitic.
Another example with a-\s was given with i-rsaej 'it is frequent (that...)' in
(681.a) in §10.4. See also the 'deny' example (864), below.
13.7.2 Embedded factives (preposition plus a-\s complement)
The purposive y a-\s is a case in point (§13.2). For the combination s a-\s with
apparent double s, I have examples like those in (860).
(860) a. waeAtsen sassa-n ar
Neg-\3MaP10 drink.LoImpfN-3MaPlS except
[s a-\s-\taen i-ha 'ae-xx]
[that Dem-\Instr-\3MaP10 3MaSgS-be.in.Reslt Sg-milk]
meq-\qa§n i-ha allon
or-\3MaP10 3MaSgS-be.in.Reslt grain
'They won't drink it (=water) except when milk is (mixed) in
it, or grain is (mixed) in it.'
dar
too
ajraw-naet-\taen
get.Reslt-3FePlS-\3MaP10
an 0-razzej-aen-naesaen
Pos Pl-livestock-MaPl-3MaPlPoss
"•t-a-vasw-en-naesaen
Fe-Pl-body-FePl-3MaPlPoss
asray-aen
be.new.Reslt-3MaPlS
war
Neg
war azzey-aen
Neg know.PerfN-3MaPl
azzey-aen,
know.PerfN-3MaPl
t-orhannaw-en
Fe-sickness-FePl
hakadd
along.with
[s a-\s-\d
[that Dem-\Instr-\Centrip
s s-kall-tas
Instr Sg-land-\Instr
am-an-net,
water-MaPl-3SgPoss
i-s-udar-annet]
Pl-Instr-live-3SgPoss]
'Diseases of their animals and of their (own) bodies have also
afflicted them, because they have ended up with (=in) a new
land whose waters and whose staple foods (^nourishment)
they didn't know (=were not accustomed to).'
