fow

Particle particule

Translations

Français: Pas du tout
English: Not at all
العربية: إطلاقاً

Source : the site’s first dictionary (Negation)

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Reference

Hamadine AG MOCTAR (n.d.). fow (Not at all). Tadaksahak–French–English–Arabic dictionary. https://hamadine-services.net/en/dictionnaire/442-fow (accessed 2026-10-18)

BibTeX

@misc{moctardocument,
  author = {Hamadine AG MOCTAR},
  title = {{fow (Not at all)}},
  howpublished = {Tadaksahak–French–English–Arabic dictionary},
  url = {https://hamadine-services.net/en/dictionnaire/442-fow},
  urldate = {2026-10-18}
}

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Pages of the library’s works where this word appears.

… icles.............................................................240 4.6.1 kəlá … nə- ‘never’ .................................................240 4.6.2 nə- … fów ‘not at all’ .............................................241 4.6.3 NEG + har ‘except’ ................................................241 4.6.4 NEG + wala ‘not even’...........................................243 4.6.5 NEG + ʃeddí ~ ceddí ‘not yet’.................................243 4.6.6 Negative constructions wi …

Christiansen-Bolli (2010), A Grammar of Tadaksahak, a Northern Songhay Language of Mali, p. 10
… D n(e) adí… place ANA there was once this woman... (lit: it is said once a certain woman there ... The particle may be repeated in this position. 4.6.2 nǝ- ... fow ‘not at all’ The particle fow is always at the end of a negated clause and set off with a short pause from the rest of the utterance. It intensifies the negated fact of the utterance. It is also found with other negations on the verb (e.g. ‘never’) and can intensify them. In context, even by itself, the particle ca …

Christiansen-Bolli (2010), A Grammar of Tadaksahak, a Northern Songhay Language of Mali, p. 259

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