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The main aim of this article is to examine what is commonly known in the grammar and linguistic literature “inverse subordinate”, which is realized in Amazigh (Berber of Morocco) by means of the functional s ( iɣ /lliɣ). The study is part of our typological centred on the classification of the circumstantial subordinate clauses of Amazigh. Based on a critical retrospective, we shed light on the categorical status of the functional  s ( iɣ /lliɣ), to then describe the syntactic properties of s + constructions. The tests used reveal that these are ungoverned constructions, more autonomous, as opposed to the ruled canonical subordinate clauses introduced by lliɣ or kudnna “when”.