SumerianGrammar

138 CHAPTER TWELVE
marû
1 st sg. ku 4 -ku 4 -da-∞gu 10 -ne [kuku-(e)d-a-∞gu-ne]
2 nd sg. ku 4 -ku 4 -da-zu-ne [kuku-(e)d-a-zu-ne]
3 rd sg. p. ku 4 -ku 4 -da-ni [kuku-(e)d-a-(a)ni]
3 rd sg. non-p. ku 4 -ku 4 -da-bi [kuku-(e)d-a-bi]
1 st pl. not attested
2 nd pl. not attested
3 rd pl. p. not attested, but see 12.14.4.10
for du-ne-ne
In general, the forms with ¢am†u participle express the idea of
something having happened, occurred, and with marû participle of
something about to happen, occur, or in course of happening, occurring—each
time in anticipation of a following finite verbal form or
a noun with copula.
A much-quoted contrastive example is ku 4 -ra-ni “when she had
entered (her bedroom)” Gudea Cyl. B v 12 versus ku 4 -ku 4 -da-ni
“when (the warrior) was about to enter (or: was entering) (his house)”
ibid. v 4.
12.14.4.1. 1st sg. ¢am†u: nígin-na-∞gu 10 -ne “when I had turned around
(heaven, turned around the earth)” Inana/Ebe¢ 25 (see 26 f.).
u 4 -da kur-“è gen-na-∞ ∞ gu 10 -ne “when today I will have gone away
to the Nether World” Inana’s Descent 33.
piri∞g-gin 7 KI-LUGAL.GUB-ta ní íl-la-∞gu 10 -ne “having presented
myself, clad in awe, (from =) on the royal dais” ”ulgi A 56.
12.14.4.2. 2nd sg. ¢am†u:
nú-a-zu-ne ù∞g “i-mu-e-da-nú-dè
zi-zi-da-zu-ne ù∞g “i-mu-e-da-zi-zi
“when you (O Sungod) have (lain down =) gone to sleep,
the people will also go to sleep with you,
(and) when you will rise again, the people will also rise
with you” Lugalbanda I 235 f.
za-e ∞gál-la-zu-ne “now that you have been (back) again” Lugalbanda
I 227.
mí du 11 -ga-zu-ni “when you praised” Cohen CLAM II 503:33.
Note: The late version has mè ! -a du 11 -ga-zu-ne = [t]à¢aza ina lapàtika “when you
(touch =) engage in the battle” (Akk.); cf. Attinger 1993, 604.