jeff_l
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704 14 Coordination
purposes of hosting clitics (881.a-b). However, on occasion mer does host a
clitic, as in (881.c), where mer is followed by 3MaP10 clitic -\taen (referring
to 'water', which is grammatically plural).
(881) a. ak ae-kall w-a-daer-naenaer ί
interrog Sg-land Ma-Dem.Sg-Anaph-lPlPoss Prox
i-m-an-net [a-\dd sqqdl-naet
Pl-soul-MaPl-3SgPoss [FocACentrip go.back.Reslt-3FePlS
^-s-mrutar-naesaen]
Fe-Pl-need-3MaPlPoss]
mer [t-iwad-aenAtn
or [LoImpf-arrive.LoImpfP-3MaPlS-\Centrif
w-ά η a-jussAha-s]
Ma-Dem.Sg Poss Sg-south-\Dat-3Sg]
'Is it the case that, our country here (in the desert north of the
Niger R.) itself [focus] is where their (=your people's) needs
(=provisions) come from? Or do they (=provisions) arrive in
the south of it (=in Burkina Faso)?'
b. 0-osaeAdd,
3MaSgS-arrive.PerfP-\Centrip,
mer [waer Ad 0-osa]?
or [NegACentrip 3MaSgS-arrive.PerfP?
'He came, or he didn't he come?' [K-d]
c. waeAtaen sassa-n ar
Neg-\3MaP10 drink.LoImpfN-3MaPlS except
s aAsAtaen i-ha "'ae-xx
that Dem-\InstrA3MaP10 3MaSgS-be.in.Reslt Sg-milk
[meqAqaen i-ha allon]
[or-\3MaP10 3MaSgS-be.in.Reslt grain]
'They won't drink it (=water) except when milk is (mixed) in
it, or (when) grains is (mixed) in it.'
Disjunctive 'nor' in a parallel negated clause or phrase is waeld. In the
following examples, the negative elements are Neg waer (882.a) and ba-\0-s
'no longer' (882.b, cf. §13.6.7). The first negative phrase has the same form as
it would by itself; there is no anticipation of the paired following negative of
the type seen with English neither.
(882) a. waer le-γ atayy [waela aslqashwa]
Neg have.PerfN tea [nor coffee]
Ί have no tea or coffee.' [K-d]
