ABSTRACT

Usually, ʔәnno does not inflect for other personal forms than third masculine singular, even when the context makes it clear that another form would be appropriate, as in (2) and (3).

(2) ʔana b-ħәbb ʔәnno [not ʔәnni] kuun mәslim bass ʕa-diin I IND-1.SG.like ʔәnno be Muslim but in-religion mʕayyan ʕrәf-te kiif particular knew-2.F.SG how “I like ʔәnno (to) be Muslim but in a certain way, you see.”