Ǝndár

Conjunction conj.

Translations

Français: Si (hypothétique)
English: If (hypothetical)
العربية: لو (افتراضي)

Source : the site’s first dictionary (Grammar)

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Hamadine AG MOCTAR (n.d.). Ǝndár (If (hypothetical)). Tadaksahak–French–English–Arabic dictionary. https://hamadine-services.net/en/dictionnaire/379-endar (accessed 2026-10-18)

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@misc{moctarndar,
  author = {Hamadine AG MOCTAR},
  title = {{Ǝndár (If (hypothetical))}},
  howpublished = {Tadaksahak–French–English–Arabic dictionary},
  url = {https://hamadine-services.net/en/dictionnaire/379-endar},
  urldate = {2026-10-18}
}

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234 occurs following hó, any RC follows hó immediately unless a demonstrative (sé) is present. Likewise, né is never followed by aɣo. (207) a) ǝndár a₌bbáy if hó [báar(a) a₌se a₌sǝ-d(á) áa₌se he yibrár-an. 3s₌know aláxar] thing.DEBR be.in 3s₌DAT next.world 3s₌NEG.IMPERF-do 3s₌DAT thing be.bad-ADJZR Ci hó if she had known what was in the next world for her, she would not have done anything bad to him (her husband). b) QST na be thing.DEBR [ni₌bbáaɣa]? 2s₌want what do you want? …

Christiansen-Bolli (2010), A Grammar of Tadaksahak, a Northern Songhay Language of Mali, p. 252
… at ni₌wáni. 1s₌NEG.PERF-return-VEN 2s₌of aɣa₌yyée-kat aɣ₌wáni. when 1s₌return-VEN 1s₌of if I don’t return, it (horse) is yours, if I return it is mine. 4.8.3.3 ǝndár This marker posits a hypothetical condition. The subordinate clause is in perfective with this marker. (295) a) ǝndár aɣa₌bbáy sa if 1s₌know aɣ₌sǝ-kóy-kat. Táḥa a₌ʃʃí COMP T. 1s₌NEG.IMPERF-leave-VEN 3s₌not.be n(e) áyda place DEM.PROX if I had known that T. is not here, I wouldn’t have come.

Christiansen-Bolli (2010), A Grammar of Tadaksahak, a Northern Songhay Language of Mali, p. 295

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