Difference between revisions of "Adverbial Conjunction in Konkomba"

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There is an Adverbial Conjunction aah which immediately precedes the verb and takes an obligatory clause final particle na. This may express Time, Reason (because), (or Manner with an additional particle pu immediately preceding the final particle na). Here an example:

Ute aah chuun nsan ni na, uwaa juu u.

“‘When his/her father was walking along the path a snake bit him.’”

Ute
u	te
3SG	father
PNposs

aah

while

PRT

chuun

walk

V

nsan
n	san
8	road
N

ni

onLOC

PPOST

na

PRT

uwaa
u	waa
1	snake
N

juu

bit

V

u

him3SG

PN

Temporal:

When expressing time with a Nominal Subject, as in:

Uja ngbaan aah finn na, le Uwumbɔr di upii ngbaan dan u chee.
When the man awoke God brought the woman to him.

or in the following example extracted from TypeCraft:

Maah cha kisaak na m kan upeeman.

“‘When I was going to the farm I saw an antelope.’”

Maah
m	aah
I1SG	while
PN

cha

go

V

kisaak
ki	saa	k
4	farm	4
N

na

PRT

m

I1SG

PN

kan

saw

V

upeeman
u	pee	man
1	animal	red
N

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 by [[User:Mary Steele|Mary Steele]]
+{{TcCopyEdit}}
 There is an Adverbial Conjunction '''aah''' which immediately precedes the verb and takes an obligatory clause final particle '''na'''. This may express Time, Reason (because), (or Manner with an additional particle '''pu''' immediately preceding the final particle '''na''').
+Here an example:
+<Phrase>10853</Phrase>
 Temporal:
-When expressing time with a Nominal Subject:
+When expressing time with a Nominal Subject, as in:
+ Uja ngbaan aah finn na, le Uwumbɔr di upii ngbaan dan u chee.
+ When the man awoke God brought the woman to him.
+or in the following example extracted from TypeCraft:
+<Phrase>10856</Phrase>
+[[Category:Grammar squib|Konkomba]]