marád-da

Adverb adv.

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Français: Tout de suite
English: right now
العربية: حالا

Source : Christiansen-Bolli (2010), p. 80 — French and Arabic meanings translated from English, to be checked by the community

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Hamadine AG MOCTAR (n.d.). marád-da (right now). Tadaksahak–French–English–Arabic dictionary. https://hamadine-services.net/en/dictionnaire/1427-marad-da (accessed 2026-10-18)

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@misc{moctarmaradda,
  author = {Hamadine AG MOCTAR},
  title = {{marád-da (right now)}},
  howpublished = {Tadaksahak–French–English–Arabic dictionary},
  url = {https://hamadine-services.net/en/dictionnaire/1427-marad-da},
  urldate = {2026-10-18}
}

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… ee 4.1.3.1 and 4.1.4.1. The temporal expression marád-óoda ‘now’ is composed of a ‘time’ element marád and the demonstrative óoda ‘this’. Another related term, marád-da ‘right now’, has the same initial element followed by the emphatic particle da ‘exactly’. *marád does not occur in isolation. However, it has a cognate in /mareyda/ ‘now’ in KCH. (Heath 1998a:199). 3.2 Nouns, pronouns, adjectives, numerals 3.2.1 Basic structure of nouns In the introduction to the morphology th …

Christiansen-Bolli (2010), A Grammar of Tadaksahak, a Northern Songhay Language of Mali, p. 98
282 b) dǝffǝr za after a₌ccí LC 3s₌say hó sé zam(á) aɣa₌ss-íli₌a thing.DEBR DEM.FAR after 1s₌CAUS-leave₌3s now-INT 3s₌SUBJ-eat 1s marád-da a₌m-ŋ(á) aɣáy so after that, after I (Monkey) had made him (Hyena) leave it (the well), he now wanted to eat me. zamá is found together with the conjunction ‘until’ in the following example. (307) a₌nǝ-yéd-kat har 3s₌NEG.PERF-return-VEN until zam(á) aɣa₌ttén áa₌daw. after 1s₌arrive 3s₌LOC he didn’t return until after I arrived at his (plac …

Christiansen-Bolli (2010), A Grammar of Tadaksahak, a Northern Songhay Language of Mali, p. 300

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