àlé

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Eastern Maninkakan

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Pronoun

àlé

  1. Third person, singular, emphatic (itself)

Ngam

Etymology

From àĺ, cognate to Sar, ultimately from Proto-Sara *àʟ́.

Pronunciation

Adverb

àlé

  1. do not
    M-āw sà̰y ngá̰y àlé, m-āw bèmbèé.
    I did not go far, I went to the field.

References

  • Keegan, John (2014). The Eastern Sara Languages. Ceunca, Spain: Morkeg Books. p. 227.
  • Mudiwa, Olukayode (2001). An Analysis of Proto-Sara. Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: Addis Ababa Books. p. 156.