ifdige

Afar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ifdiˈɡe/, [ʔɪfdɪˈɡɛ]
• Hyphenation: if‧di‧ge

Verb

ifdigé (passive infiddigé)

1. (transitive) release
2. (transitive) loose
3. (transitive) unload
4. (transitive) unpack
5. (transitive) interpret

Conjugation

Conjugation of ifdige (type I verb)
		1st singular	2nd singular	3rd singular		1st plural	2nd plural	3rd plural
				m	f
perfective	V-affirmative	ifdigéh	tifdigéh	yifdigéh	tifdigéh	nifdigéh	tifdigeeníh	yifdigeeníh
	N-affirmative	ifdigé	tifdigé	yifdigé	tifdigé	nifdigé	tifdigén	yifdigén
	negative	máafdiginniyo	máafdiginnito	máafdiginna	máafdiginna	máafdiginnino	máafdiginniton	máafdiginnon
imperfective	V-affirmative	afdigéh	tafdigéh	yafdigéh	tafdigéh	nafdigéh	tafdigeeníh	yafdigeeníh
	N-affirmative	afdigé	tafdigé	yafdigé	tafdigé	nafdigé	tafdigén	yafdigén
	negative	máafdiga	mátafdiga	máyafdiga, míyafdiga	mátafdiga	mánafdiga	mátafdigan	máyafdigan, míyafdigan
prospective	V-affirmative	afdigéliyoh, afdigéyyoh	afdigélitoh, afdigéttoh	afdigéleh	afdigéleh	afdigélinoh, afdigénnoh	afdigélitoonuh, afdigéttoonuh	afdigéloonuh
	N-affirmative	afdigéliyo, afdigéyyo	afdigélito, afdigétto	afdigéle	afdigéle	afdigélino, afdigénno	afdigéliton, afdigétton	afdigélon
conjunctive I	V-affirmative	afdíguh	tafdíguh	yafdíguh	tafdíguh	nafdíguh	tafdigóonuh	yafdigóonuh
	N-affirmative	afdígu	tafdígu	yafdígu	tafdígu	nafdígu	tafdigón	yafdigón
	negative	afdigé wáyuh	afdigé wáytuh	afdigé wáyuh	afdigé wáytuh	afdigé wáynuh	afdigé waytóonuh	afdigé wóonuh
conjunctive II	V-affirmative	afdigénkeh	tafdigénkeh	yafdigénkeh	tafdigénkeh	nafdigénkeh	tafdigeenínkeh	yafdigeenínkeh
	N-affirmative	afdigénke	tafdigénke	yafdigénke	tafdigénke	nafdigénke	tafdigeenínke	yafdigeenínke
	negative	afdigé wáankeh	afdigé waytánkeh	afdigé wáankeh	afdigé waytánkeh	afdigé waynánkeh	afdigé waytaanankéh	afdigé waanánkeh
jussive	affirmative	afdígay	tafdígay	yafdígay	tafdígay	nafdígay	tafdigóonay	yafdigóonay
	negative	afdigé wáay	afdigé wáytay	afdigé wáay	afdigé wáytay	afdigé wáynay	afdigé waytóonay	afdigé wóonay
past conditional	affirmative	afdiginniyóy	afdiginnitóy	afdiginnáy	afdiginnáy	afdiginninóy	afdiginnitoonúy	afdiginnoonúy
	negative	afdigé wanniyóy	afdigé wannitóy	afdigé wannáy	afdigé wannáy	afdigé wanninóy	afdigé wannitoonúy	afdigé wannoonúy
present conditional I	affirmative	ifdigék	tifdigék	yifdigék	tifdigék	nifdigék	tifdigeeník	yifdigeeník
	negative	afdigé wéek	afdigé wayték	afdigé wéek	afdigé wayték	afdigé waynék	afdigé wayteeník	afdigé weeník
		singular	plural			singular	plural
consultative	affirmative	afdigóo	nafdigóo	imperative	affirmative	ifdíg	ifdíga
	negative	maafdigóo	manafdigóo		negative	máafdigin	máafdigina
-h converb	-i form	-k converb	-in(n)uh converb	-innuk converb	infinitive	indefinite participle
						V-focus	N-focus
afdígih	afdígi	afdíguk	afdigínnuh	afdigínnuk	afdigíyya	afdiginnáanih	afdiginnáan
Compound tenses past perfect affirmative perfective + perfective of én or sugé present perfect affirmative perfective + imperfective of én future perfect affirmative perfective + prospective of sugé past progressive -k converb + imperfective of én or sugé present progressive affirmative imperfect + imperfective of én future progressive -k converb + prospective of sugé immediate future affirmative conjunctive I + imperfective of wée imperfect potential I affirmative conjunctive I + imperfective of takké imperfect potential II affirmative imperfective + -m + takké negative afdigé + imperfective of wée + -m + takké perfect potential affirmative perfective + -m + takké negative afdigé + perfective of wée + -m + takké present conditional II affirmative imperfective + object pronoun + tekkék negative afdigé + perfective of wée + object pronoun + tekkék perfect conditional affirmative perfective + imperfective of sugé + -k negative perfective + sugé + imperfective of wée -k irrealis afdigé + perfective of xaaxé or raaré

References

• E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “ifdige”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN
• Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎^[1], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis), page 283