jeff_l
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680 13 Clausal subordination
(826) a. 0 -ses-m2etaer-\a-hi
3MaSgS-Caus-advise.PerfP-\0- 1 Sg
[d a-\d aekk-aer baemako]
[Comit Dem-XComit go.to.ShlmpfP-lSgS Bamako]
'He advised me to go to Bamako.'
b. 0 -ass-maet2er-\a-hi [d a-\d
3MaSgS-Caus-advise.PerfP-\0-1 Sg [Comit Dem-\Comit
waer t-skk-aer baemaeko]
Neg LoImpf-go.to.LoImpfN Bamako]
'He advised me not to go to Bamako.'
In (826.a-b) the first Comit d is followed by an a-\d... complement, which
itself contains a cliticized Comit -\d. (826.b) is parallel but has a negative
complement. The person advised or admonished (here 'me') is direct object
(not dative) in the main clause, as comparable examples with e.g. 3MaSg
(rather than lSg) object show.
13.3.5 'try' (-vttvr-, -urvm-)
(827) illustrates -vttvr- 'seek, try'. See (952) in the text (Chapter 16) for a
parallel construction with verb -urvm- 'test, try'.
(827) i-tt<er [aAtsen atkal]
3MaSgS-seek.PerfP [Dem-\3MaP10 take.Shlmpf]
'He tried to carry them (logs)'. [K]
13.4 Add-on small clauses
A positive clause with a Shlmpf or Imprt verb can be added to another positive
clause in the future construction, without repeating Future ad. In (828.a-b), ad
occurs once at the beginning followed by the usual Shlmpf, but a second
Shlmpf clause is conjoined (without another Fut particle or other overt
connective). If a direct object or dative NP occurs in both clauses, it appears in
pronominal form (object or dative clitic) in the second (828.c). Any clitics in
the add-on clause are hosted by the verb. More than one add-on clause may
occur (828.d). The sequence long imperative plus LoImpfP is illustrated in
(828.e). In all cases, the two clauses have separate accentuation.
(828) a. ad n-asks [n-asaw]
Fut lPlS-eat.Shlmpf [lPlS-drink.Shlmpf]
'We will eat and drink.'
