A Grammar of Tamashek (Tuareg of Mali)

340 7 Verbal morphology

(344) a. t-attaerAadd

LoImpf-Iook.for.LoImpfP-\Centrip

[a lae-n n0-borar-aen]

[Dem have.PerfP-3MaPlS Pl-wild.date-MaPl]

'Look (around) for (and get) a few wild dates!' [K]

b. kannse-mset-Vin

make.LoImpfP-2FePl.Imprt-\Centrif

1-dfar i-daev

Pl-cushion.cover Prox-Anaph

'Make-FePl some of those pillow covers (for him/her)!'

7.2.5.5 Long hortative

The combination of Hortative C)-et, after a full vowel O-het, with the

LoImpfP stem is not common, but can be used when the exhortation is to

perform an action regularly.

(345) na-jall-et

1 PIS-go.LoImpfP-Hort

'Let's go (every day)!'

na-t-avaeyma-het

1 PlS-LoImpf-sit.LoImpfP-Hort

'Let's sit (regularly)!'

7.2.5.6 Hortative negative

The negative hortative verb phrase consists of Neg waer plus a verb in the

Prohib stem (long imperfective system) that ends in the Hortative suffix O-et,

or after a vowel C)-het).

(346) a. waer na-t-isal-et

Neg lPlS-LoImpf-run.Prohib-Hort

'Let's not run!'

b. waer na-t-aeraeyma-het

Neg lPlS-LoImpf-sit.Prohib-Hort

'Let's not sit!'

c. waer na-jaell-et

Neg lPlS-go.Prohib-Hort

'Let's not go!'