Afar

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ʕusˈba/ [ʕusˈbʌ]
  • Hyphenation: qus‧ba

Verb

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qusbá

  1. (stative) be new

Conjugation

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    Conjugation of qusba (type III verb)
1st singular 2nd singular 3rd singular 1st plural 2nd plural 3rd plural
m f
present indicative I V-affirmative qusbiyóh qusbitóh qusbáh qusbáh qusbinóh qusbitoonúh qusboonúh
N-affirmative qusbiyó qusbitó qusbá qusbá qusbinó qusbitón qusbón
negative máqusbiyo máqusbito máqusba máqusba máqusbino máqusbiton máqusbon
present indicative II affirmative present indicative I + imperfective of én
past indicative I qúsbuk + perfective of én
past indicative II qúsbuk + perfective of sugé
present
potential
affirmative qusbiyóm takkéh qusbitóm takkéh qusbám takkéh qusbám takkéh qusbinóm takkéh qusbitoonúm takkéh qusboonúm takkéh
past
conditional
affirmative qúsbuk + past conditional of sugé
-h converb -k converb -in(n)uh converb infinitive
qúsbih qúsbuk qusbínnuh qusbíyya

References

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  • E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “qusba”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN