Adverbial Conjunction in Konkomba

by Mary Steele

There is an Adverbial Conjunction aah which immediately precedes the verb and takes an obligatory clause final particle na. This may express Time, Reason (because), (or Manner with an additional particle pu immediately preceding the final particle na). Here an example:

Temporal:

When expressing time with a Nominal Subject, as in:

Uja ngbaan aah finn na, le Uwumbɔr di upii ngbaan dan u chee.
When the man awoke God brought the woman to him.

or in the following example extracted from TypeCraft: