oobbe

Afar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oːbˈbe/, [ʔoːbˈbɛ]
• Hyphenation: oob‧be

Verb

oobbé (causative oysobbé, passive ontobbé)

1. (transitive) hear
2. (transitive) obey

Conjugation

Conjugation of oobbe (type I verb)
		1st singular	2nd singular	3rd singular		1st plural	2nd plural	3rd plural
				m	f
perfective	V-affirmative	oobbéh	toobbéh	yoobbéh	toobbéh	noobbéh	toobbeeníh	yoobbeeníh
	N-affirmative	oobbé	toobbé	yoobbé	toobbé	noobbé	toobbén	yoobbén
	negative	máabbinniyo	máabbinnito	máabbinna	máabbinna	máabbinnino	máabbinniton	máabbinnon
imperfective	V-affirmative	aabbéh	taabbéh	yaabbéh	taabbéh	naabbéh	taabbeeníh	yaabbeeníh
	N-affirmative	aabbé	taabbé	yaabbé	taabbé	naabbé	taabbén	yaabbén
	negative	máabba	mátaabba	máyaabba, míyaabba	mátaabba	mánaabba	mátaabban	máyaabban, míyaabban
prospective	V-affirmative	aabbéliyoh, aabbéyyoh	aabbélitoh, aabbéttoh	aabbéleh	aabbéleh	aabbélinoh, aabbénnoh	aabbélitoonuh, aabbéttoonuh	aabbéloonuh
	N-affirmative	aabbéliyo, aabbéyyo	aabbélito, aabbétto	aabbéle	aabbéle	aabbélino, aabbénno	aabbéliton, aabbétton	aabbélon
conjunctive I	V-affirmative	áabbuh	táabbuh	yáabbuh	táabbuh	náabbuh	taabbóonuh	yaabbóonuh
	N-affirmative	áabbu	táabbu	yáabbu	táabbu	náabbu	taabbón	yaabbón
	negative	aabbé wáyuh	aabbé wáytuh	aabbé wáyuh	aabbé wáytuh	aabbé wáynuh	aabbé waytóonuh	aabbé wóonuh
conjunctive II	V-affirmative	aabbénkeh	taabbénkeh	yaabbénkeh	taabbénkeh	naabbénkeh	taabbeenínkeh	yaabbeenínkeh
	N-affirmative	aabbénke	taabbénke	yaabbénke	taabbénke	naabbénke	taabbeenínke	yaabbeenínke
	negative	aabbé wáankeh	aabbé waytánkeh	aabbé wáankeh	aabbé waytánkeh	aabbé waynánkeh	aabbé waytaanankéh	aabbé waanánkeh
jussive	affirmative	áabbay	táabbay	yáabbay	táabbay	náabbay	taabbóonay	yaabbóonay
	negative	aabbé wáay	aabbé wáytay	aabbé wáay	aabbé wáytay	aabbé wáynay	aabbé waytóonay	aabbé wóonay
past conditional	affirmative	aabbinniyóy	aabbinnitóy	aabbinnáy	aabbinnáy	aabbinninóy	aabbinnitoonúy	aabbinnoonúy
	negative	aabbé wanniyóy	aabbé wannitóy	aabbé wannáy	aabbé wannáy	aabbé wanninóy	aabbé wannitoonúy	aabbé wannoonúy
present conditional I	affirmative	oobbék	toobbék	yoobbék	toobbék	noobbék	toobbeeník	yoobbeeník
	negative	aabbé wéek	aabbé wayték	aabbé wéek	aabbé wayték	aabbé waynék	aabbé wayteeník	aabbé weeník
		singular	plural			singular	plural
consultative	affirmative	aabbóo	naabbóo	imperative	affirmative	oobbúy	oobbúya
	negative	maaabbóo	manaabbóo		negative	máabbin	máabbina
-h converb	-i form	-k converb	-in(n)uh converb	-innuk converb	infinitive	indefinite participle
						V-focus	N-focus
áabbih	áabbi	áabbuk	aabbínnuh	aabbínnuk	aabbíyya	aabbinnáanih	aabbinnáan
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 aabbé + imperfective of wée + -m + takké perfect potential affirmative perfective + -m + takké negative aabbé + perfective of wée + -m + takké present conditional II affirmative imperfective + object pronoun + tekkék negative aabbé + perfective of wée + object pronoun + tekkék perfect conditional affirmative perfective + imperfective of sugé + -k negative perfective + sugé + imperfective of wée -k irrealis aabbé + perfective of xaaxé or raaré

References

• E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “oobbe”, 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)