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a kasanfe ga a koy a fi¢&i ga,

3SgS enshroud 3SgO 3SgS go 3SgS bury 3SgO,

He put a shroud around him, he went and he buried him.

a duv ka goro hal a Jipgar aljumaa di alaasara,

3SgS get Inf sit  until 3SgS pray Friday  Def afternoon-prayer
He then sat (=waited) until he prayed the afternoon Friday prayer.

a Jingar alaasara a duu ka  kar alwalaa,

3SgS pray afternoon-prayer 3SgS get Inf  hit  ablution,

He prayed the afternoon prayer. He proceeded to do the ablutions, (then)

a Jjingar, a duu ka kow ogu wane tira di yo
3SgS pray, 3SgS get Inf take-out 3ReflSg Poss amulet Def Pl
he prayed. He proceeded to take out his (own) amulets.

a Jisi gi a kata npgu wane kasante di

38gS put-down 3PIO, 3SgS bring 3ReflSgPoss  shroud Def

He deposited them (=amulets). He brought his (own) shroud.

(we learn later that the amulets were put in the horse’s saddlebags as a message)
a hirow a kuna a kani, a har surgu di yo se
3SgS enter 3Sg Loc 3SgS lie-down, 3SgS say Tuareg Def Pl Dat
He got into it (=shroud). He lay down. He told the Tuaregs

i ma hay ngu, surgu di yo hay ga,

3PIS Subju jab LogoSgO,Tuareg Def Pl jab 3SgO

to pierce him (with a sword). The Tuaregs pierced him.

a bun, bari di jur a koy hirow hamdallaay—

3SgS die, horse Def run 3SgS go enter Hamdallahi

He died. The (=his) horse galloped, it went and entered Hamdallahi (town).

a na  too hala hamdallaay  kala

3SgS Neg reach as-far-as Hamdallahi  except

It didn't reach Hamdallahi until

(‘not ... except’ construction §8.5.4)

suba di wane addvhaa di ra, a gar sceku aamadu
tomorrow Def Poss morning Def Loc, 3SgS find Sékou Amadou
in the mid-morning of the next day. It happened that Sékou Amadou

(Sékou Amadou = full name of Sékou, distinct from the other Amadou; 35gS a in a
gar could conceivably denote the horse but here it is probably abstract)