zama

Conjunction conj.

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Français: Après que
English: After
العربية: بعد أن

Source : the site’s first dictionary (Grammar)

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Hamadine AG MOCTAR (n.d.). zama (After). Tadaksahak–French–English–Arabic dictionary. https://hamadine-services.net/en/dictionnaire/527-zama (accessed 2026-10-18)

BibTeX

@misc{moctarzama,
  author = {Hamadine AG MOCTAR},
  title = {{zama (After)}},
  howpublished = {Tadaksahak–French–English–Arabic dictionary},
  url = {https://hamadine-services.net/en/dictionnaire/527-zama},
  urldate = {2026-10-18}
}

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… n ci-dessus. L'un d'entre eux est le DET aɣo. Le /o/ final l'emporte toujours sur la voyelle suivante lorsqu'il fait partie du même groupe nominal, par exemple zamá aarú aɣo (a)yda a₌ttén [ˈærwaˈɣojdǝ] Après l'homme DET DEM.PROX 3s₌arrive Après que cet homme (ici) soit arrivé... Lorsque aɣo est le dernier élément d'un PN, comme avant les clauses relatives, les pronoms suivants conservent leur voyelle initiale et le son /o/ final est également produit. Dans ce cas, un glide es …

Ag Abdoussalam (s. d.), Structure grammaticale d’un parler berbéro-songhay du nord-est malien (tadaksahak) : éléments de linguistique, p. 30
… zzár-t ‘before’..............................................280 4.8.4.4 har ‘until’........................................................281 4.8.4.5 4.8.4.6 zamá ‘after’....................................................281 4.8.4.7 Simple juxtaposition of a temporal clause.......282 4.8.5 Spatial adverbial clauses .............................................283 4.8.6 Manner adverbial clauses ............................................284 5 References.................... …

Christiansen-Bolli (2010), A Grammar of Tadaksahak, a Northern Songhay Language of Mali, p. 11
… ot follow above rules of elision. One of them is the DET aɣo. Final /o/ always overrides the following vowel when it is part of the same noun phrase, e.g. (60) zamá aarú aɣo (a)yda after man DET DEM.PROX a₌ttén 3s₌arrive [ˈærwaˈɣojdǝ] after this man (here) arrived… When aɣo is the last element of a NP, as before relative clauses, the following pronouns keep their initial vowel and the final /o/ sound is also produced. In that case, a glide is inserted between the two words, e …

Christiansen-Bolli (2010), A Grammar of Tadaksahak, a Northern Songhay Language of Mali, p. 56

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