A Grammar of Tamashek (Tuareg of Mali)

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[ad ""t-äe-lyat-t]
[Comit Fe-Sg-child(Vlyd)-FeSg]
[d a alae-naet ulli]
[Comit Dem have.PerfP-3FePl goats]
'The former one, who believed that there was nothing (in the world)
except truth, had two children, of which the older boy of them (was) a
midget, and a (younger) girl, and a few goats.' [we see later that there
is a girl, a younger brother, and an elder brother who is a midget]
[Recent Anaphoric §4.3.1, subject relative with participle §12.1.1,
negative existential §7.3.2.11, partitive 'in; §6.5.1, 'have' §7.3.2.13
and §9.4, 'a few' §5.1.2.8]

(897) e-\taenaet-\add 0-8es-ma2ndasr har
when-\3FeP10-\Centrip 3MaSgS-Caus-return.at.dusk.Perf until
i-bda d Vz-uzaj-naesnaet
3MaSgS-finish.Reslt Comit Sg-Caus-milk.VblN-3FePlPoss
[e m&ddana-s] [a-\dd
[Dat children-3SgPoss] [FutACentrip
0-as] 0-aens,
3MaSgS-come.ShImpfj 3MaSgS-go.to.sIeep.ShImpf
akka-nAt-tadd mseddana-s
go.to.ShImpf-\3MaSgO-\Centrip children-3SgPoss
'When(-ever) he brought them (=goats) back home at dusk, and then
finished milking them for his children, he would come and lie down
(to sleep), and his children would come to him.'
[temporal adverbial with ed (variant: e) §13.1.1.1, 'cease' plus
Comitative VblN complement §13.5.2, VblN with possessor for logical
object §8.6.1, Future ad plus Shlmpf verb §9.6.3, add-on clauses with
Shlmpf verbs §13.4; inalienably possessed 'children' with 3SgPoss -s
§5.2.3]

(898) aAdar-as t-attaer-aen
Fut-\in-3Sg LoImpf-seek.LoImpfP-3MaPlS
[aAha-saen 0-aej] t-l-nfus-en,
[Dem-\Dat-3MaPl 3MaSgS-do.ShImpf] Fe-Pl-story-FePl
'They would try to get him (=ask him) to tell stories to them.'
[cliticized pronominal PP §10.4, Future ad plus LoImpfP verb §9.6.3,
jussive-subjunctive complement clause §13.3, Dative Aha- reduced to
Aha- in T-ka §10.3.2]


(899) t-sjla addunya [s a-w-en-dasr]
3FeSgS-go.PerfP world [Instr Dem-Ma-Dist-Anaph]
har ά-sael w-a-\d "l-mmuqqaes
until Sg-day Ma-Dem.Sg-\Comit 3MaSg-encounter.PerfP

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