tanfust

Noun n.

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Français: Histoire, récit
English: story
العربية: قصة

Source : Christiansen & Levinsohn (2003), p. 6, ex. 12 ; p. 9, ex. 29 — French and Arabic meanings translated from English, to be checked by the community

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Hamadine AG MOCTAR (n.d.). tanfust (story). Tadaksahak–French–English–Arabic dictionary. https://hamadine-services.net/en/dictionnaire/2096-tanfust (accessed 2026-10-18)

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@misc{moctartanfust,
  author = {Hamadine AG MOCTAR},
  title = {{tanfust (story)}},
  howpublished = {Tadaksahak–French–English–Arabic dictionary},
  url = {https://hamadine-services.net/en/dictionnaire/2096-tanfust},
  urldate = {2026-10-18}
}

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6 The first relative clause in the following example uses the gap strategy. (12) Kela aɣa-Ø-mo tanfust [# aɣan baba aɣo ʒen-i a-Ø-da ’]. once 1S-PERF-hear story 1S.GEN father REL be.old-ADJZ 3S-PERF-do Once I heard a story of a (courageous) deed that my grandfather did… The next example also uses the gap strategy. The locative object of the verb ‘be in’ is not marked with a postposition, and so behaves like a direct object.4 (13) A-Ø-sesten a enda edag [# boren i-Ø-bara ’]. 3 …

Christiansen & Levinsohn (2003), Relative Clauses in Tadaksahak, p. 6
9 (29) Aywa, da aɣay tanfust aɣo, sa [ni-Ø-baɣa ayn da] well do 1S story REL COMPZR 2S-PERF-want 3S.GEN N:do Well, tell me that story, (the one) which you wanted to tell! 3 Restrictive relative clauses Tadaksahak contrasts both with related Songhay languages and with Berber languages in employing two restrictive strategies. Other Songhay languages have a single restrictive strategy, using the relativizer ka(ŋ) (Heath 1999:242), while Berber languages use the gap strategy. The …

Christiansen & Levinsohn (2003), Relative Clauses in Tadaksahak, p. 9

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