16 Text 725(952) ras i-ttser "ae-baegg e-raef-annet
only 3MaSgS-seek.PerfP Sg-jackal Sg-head-3SgPoss
s άζζαΐ [har-\d "i-jjurha]
Instr run.VblN [untilACentrip 3MaSgS-end.up.PerfP]
0-t-iram "t-a-dambü-t-t-annet
3FeSgS-LoImpf-try Fe-Sg-tail-Fe-FeSg-3SgPoss
[aAha-s t-izar]
[DemADat-3Sg 3FeSgS-precede.ShImpf]
'Then the jackal sought (=tried to catch) his (own) head, while
running, until he ended up with his (own) tail trying to go ahead of
him.' (i.e., he was running as fast as he good)
[Instrumental VblN in adverbial function §6.4.1, 'end up' plus
adjoined clause §13.6.3, 'try' plus complement clause §13.3.5](953) l-jjurhae-\dd i-jdnna-\0-s
3MaSgS-end.up.PerfP-\Centrip 3MaSgS-say.LoImpfP-\Dat-3Sg
kunta t-ojaer-aedAa-hi
if 2S-surpass.ShImpf-2SgS-\0-lSg
α-rürad t-akay-aed-\a-hi,
Sg-hurry.VblN 2S-pass.PerfP-2SgS-\0-lSg
'He (=Jackal) ended up telling it (=tail), "if you are in a bigger hurry
than I (am), you may go past me!'"
[hypothetical conditional §13.9.1, comparative §5.1.1.2](954) i-kkaes ae-hdlas wa-nnin
3MaSgS-remove.PerfP Sg-man Dem-Anaph
η ae-naes-bahu aettaema ι ι
Poss Sg-Agent-lying hope
'That lying man removed (=gave up) hope.'(955) 1-lmaed as
3MaSgS-know.PerfP that
kunta [i-jdnna bahu] daer
even.if [3MaSgS-say.LoImpfP lying] also
1-ll-\e [ere-\ha-s-\t
3MaSgS-exist.ResltA3MaSgO [one.who-\Dat-3SgA3SgO
0-ojaer-asn]
3MaSgS-surpass.Reslt-Partpl.MaSg]
'He (=lying man) realized that even if he said lies too, there was
(another) one who did it (=told lies) even more than he (did).'
[hypothetical conditional §13.9.1, comparative §5.1.1.2, existential
§7.3.2.11, referentially indefinite but morphosyntactically "definite"
subject relative with ere §12.1.6.1 ]