A Grammar of Tamashek (Tuareg of Mali)

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d "a-m-idi-nnet
Comit Sg-Agent-be.with-3SgPoss
w-α 1-ril-aen
Ma-Dem.Sg 3MaSgS-believe.PerfP-Partpl.MaSg
waer-\t i-lla ar bahu
Neg-\3MaSgO 3MaSgS-exist.PerfN except lying
'The world (=situation) continued in that same manner, until the day
when he encountered his counterpart, the one who believed that there
was nothing but lying (in the world).'
[Instrumental s in adverbial phrase §6.4.1, comitative relative clause
§12.1.4 abd §13.1.1.1, definite adverbial relative, negative existential]

(900) i-jaer-\faella-s sessaelam
3MaSgS-throw.PerfP-\on-3Sg greeting
'He greeted him (formally).'
[cliticized pronominal Ρ Ρ §10.4]


(901) i-kbäel-\a-s-\t,
3MaSgS-catch.PerfP-\Dat-3Sg-\3MaSgO
'He (=the other) caught (=returned) it (=greeting) to him.'
[Dative clitic preceding 3rd person object clitic §10.4)


(902) vas "i-nna-\0-s dk t-assdn-aed
only 3MaSgS-say.PerfP-\Dat-3Ss yes/no? 2S-know.Reslt-2SgS
s ulli t-i-daer t-adaen-aed
that goats Fe-Dem.Pl-Anaph 2S-tend.Reslt-2SgS
t-i-nin,
Fe-Dem.Pl-1 SgPoss
'Well, he said (=asked), "do you-Sg know that these goats that you
have been tending, they are mine?.'"
[polar interrogative §12.3.1, 'know' plus 'that' complement §13.7.1,
definite object relative with Resultative verb losing its V-lengthening
formative §3.5.3.1 and §12.1.2, possessive predication §9.4]


(903) 0-aezewaeb-\a-s kasla!
3MaSgS-reply-\Dat-3Sg no!
'He answered him, "no!."'


(904) [0-olaes-\a-s t-anna]
[3MaSgS-repeat.PerfP-\Dat-3Sg Fe-say.VblN]
ά-taru [a-\ha-k t-ajj-asr]
Sg-inform.VblN [Foc-\Dat-2MaSg LoImpf-do.LoImpfP-lSgS]
as t-l-nin,
that Fe-Dem.Pl-1 SgPoss

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