Afar edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /uɖˈɖi/, [ʔʊɖˈɖɪ]
  • Hyphenation: ux‧xi

Verb edit

uxxí (inchoative uxxuxé)

  1. (stative) be short

Conjugation edit

    Conjugation of uxxi (type III verb)
1st singular 2nd singular 3rd singular 1st plural 2nd plural 3rd plural
m f
present indicative I V-affirmative uxxiyóh uxxitóh uxxíh uxxíh uxxinóh uxxitoonúh uxxoonúh
N-affirmative uxxiyó uxxitó uxxí uxxí uxxinó uxxitón uxxón
negative múxxiyo múxxito múxxi múxxi múxxino múxxiton múxxon
present indicative II affirmative present indicative I + imperfective of én
past indicative I úxxuk + perfective of én
past indicative II úxxuk + perfective of sugé
present
potential
affirmative uxxiyóm takkéh uxxitóm takkéh uxxím takkéh uxxím takkéh uxxinóm takkéh uxxitoonúm takkéh uxxoonúm takkéh
past
conditional
affirmative úxxuk + past conditional of sugé
-h converb -k converb -in(n)uh converb infinitive
úxxih úxxuk uxxínnuh uxxíyya

References edit

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