Chapter 14
Coordination
14.1 NP coordination
14.1.1 'and'
NPs are conjoined by the Comitative preposition d (ad) 'with'. As a true
preposition, it induces Prefix Reduction on the following noun.
(877) an "t-a-hiisay an O-jarw-an
Poss Fe-Sg-beauty Poss Pl-river-MaPl
ad "t-a-hüsay an ^-jef-aen
with Fe-Sg-beauty Poss Pl-dune-MaPl
'(a habitat) of the beauty of rivers and (of) the beauty of dunes'
For further examples involving NPs, see §6.4.2.
When a pronominal is left coordinand, it takes independent pronominal
form. A pronominal functioning as right coordinand can take independent
form, or can combine with the preposition (§6.4.2) to form a clitic, e.g. 3Sg
-\dar-as 'with him/her/it'. A pronominal right conjunct, like -\dar-as, cliticizes
to the left coordinand (noun or independent pronoun): naekk-\dar-as Ί and
he/she/it'.
Especially when a 1st or 2nd person pronominal is part of the conjunction,
the conjunctive phrase often behaves syntactically as a parenthetical
clarification or extension. Consider the examples in (878).
(878) a. i-nh£ey-\a-hi
3MaSgS-see.PerfP-\0-lSg
[naekk d ^a-m-idi-nin]
[lSg with Sg-Agent-be. with-ISgPoss]
'He saw me, me and my friend.'
b. i-nhaey-\a-naeY [nsekk ad kaeyy]
3MaSgS-see.PerfP-\0-lPl [lSg with 2MaSg]
'He saw us, me and you.'c. 0-aewwaey-\a-k-\add
3MaSgS-bring.PerfP-\Dat-2Sg-\Centrip
[kaeyy d anta]
[2MaSg with 3Sg]
'He brought it for you-Sg, (for) you-MaSg and him/her.'