offoofe

Afar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ofːoːˈfe/, [ʔɔfːoːˈfɛ]
• Hyphenation: of‧foo‧fe

Verb

offoofé (causative oyfoofé)

1. (intransitive) relax

Conjugation

Conjugation of offoofe (type I verb)
		1st singular	2nd singular	3rd singular		1st plural	2nd plural	3rd plural
				m	f
perfective	V-affirmative	offooféh	toffooféh	yoffooféh	toffooféh	noffooféh	toffoofeeníh	yoffoofeeníh
	N-affirmative	offoofé	toffoofé	yoffoofé	toffoofé	noffoofé	toffoofén	yoffoofén
	negative	máaffaafinniyo	máaffaafinnito	máaffaafinna	máaffaafinna	máaffaafinnino	máaffaafinniton	máaffaafinnon
imperfective	V-affirmative	affaaféh	taffaaféh	yaffaaféh	taffaaféh	naffaaféh	taffaafeeníh	yaffaafeeníh
	N-affirmative	affaafé	taffaafé	yaffaafé	taffaafé	naffaafé	taffaafén	yaffaafén
	negative	máaffaafa	mátaffaafa	máyaffaafa, míyaffaafa	mátaffaafa	mánaffaafa	mátaffaafan	máyaffaafan, míyaffaafan
prospective	V-affirmative	affaaféliyoh, affaaféyyoh	affaafélitoh, affaaféttoh	affaaféleh	affaaféleh	affaafélinoh, affaafénnoh	affaafélitoonuh, affaaféttoonuh	affaaféloonuh
	N-affirmative	affaaféliyo, affaaféyyo	affaafélito, affaafétto	affaaféle	affaaféle	affaafélino, affaafénno	affaaféliton, affaafétton	affaafélon
conjunctive I	V-affirmative	affáafuh	taffáafuh	yaffáafuh	taffáafuh	naffáafuh	taffaafóonuh	yaffaafóonuh
	N-affirmative	affáafu	taffáafu	yaffáafu	taffáafu	naffáafu	taffaafón	yaffaafón
	negative	affaafé wáyuh	affaafé wáytuh	affaafé wáyuh	affaafé wáytuh	affaafé wáynuh	affaafé waytóonuh	affaafé wóonuh
conjunctive II	V-affirmative	affaafénkeh	taffaafénkeh	yaffaafénkeh	taffaafénkeh	naffaafénkeh	taffaafeenínkeh	yaffaafeenínkeh
	N-affirmative	affaafénke	taffaafénke	yaffaafénke	taffaafénke	naffaafénke	taffaafeenínke	yaffaafeenínke
	negative	affaafé wáankeh	affaafé waytánkeh	affaafé wáankeh	affaafé waytánkeh	affaafé waynánkeh	affaafé waytaanankéh	affaafé waanánkeh
jussive	affirmative	affáafay	taffáafay	yaffáafay	taffáafay	naffáafay	taffaafóonay	yaffaafóonay
	negative	affaafé wáay	affaafé wáytay	affaafé wáay	affaafé wáytay	affaafé wáynay	affaafé waytóonay	affaafé wóonay
past conditional	affirmative	affaafinniyóy	affaafinnitóy	affaafinnáy	affaafinnáy	affaafinninóy	affaafinnitoonúy	affaafinnoonúy
	negative	affaafé wanniyóy	affaafé wannitóy	affaafé wannáy	affaafé wannáy	affaafé wanninóy	affaafé wannitoonúy	affaafé wannoonúy
present conditional I	affirmative	offoofék	toffoofék	yoffoofék	toffoofék	noffoofék	toffoofeeník	yoffoofeeník
	negative	affaafé wéek	affaafé wayték	affaafé wéek	affaafé wayték	affaafé waynék	affaafé wayteeník	affaafé weeník
		singular	plural			singular	plural
consultative	affirmative	affaafóo	naffaafóo	imperative	affirmative	offóof	offóofa
	negative	maaffaafóo	manaffaafóo		negative	máaffaafin	máaffaafina
-h converb	-i form	-k converb	-in(n)uh converb	-innuk converb	infinitive	indefinite participle
						V-focus	N-focus
affáafih	affáafi	affáafuk	affaafínnuh	affaafínnuk	affaafíyya	affaafinnáanih	affaafinnáan
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 affaafé + imperfective of wée + -m + takké perfect potential affirmative perfective + -m + takké negative affaafé + perfective of wée + -m + takké present conditional II affirmative imperfective + object pronoun + tekkék negative affaafé + perfective of wée + object pronoun + tekkék perfect conditional affirmative perfective + imperfective of sugé + -k negative perfective + sugé + imperfective of wée -k irrealis affaafé + perfective of xaaxé or raaré

References

• Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎^[1], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)