عَاف ڸَڸ
ˁaf ḷaḷ
basic morphological information

conj.

when (temporal conjunction); until
когда (временной союз); до того, как
إذا, حتى
CSOL I 603; CSOL II 528; Naumkin et al. 2015a:78
text examples

mébrehe ˁaf ḷaḷ yebóurɛ nóuẓ̂a be-rího di-yenáḥa ‘When a child is born, it is warmed with heated water’ (CSOL II 3:2)

semantic notes

ʕaf ḷaḷ + imperfect + imperfect in the main clause, referring to the present ‘when’:

mébrehe ˁaf ḷaḷ yebóurɛ nóuẓ̂a be-rího di-yenáḥa ‘When a child is born, it is warmed with heated water’ (CSOL II 3:2)

 

ʕaf ḷaḷ + imperfect + imperfect in the main clause, referring to the past ‘when’:

wa-ˁaf ḷaḷ yóuḳar ˁag terɛˀéyhen ˁáže men ŝḥaf ‘When the man came back in the evening, his wife asked him about the milk’ (CSOL II 13:19)

 

‘untiľ:

wa-ḷaṭ tenaḥágo šey díre ˁaf ḷaḷ ḳadέmo ˁey rézaḥ teḳarέfo ˁey ḥóyhi ‘Then you will play tag with him until you see him get tired. Then hurl dirt at him’ (CSOL II 14:40)