xeeri
Afar edit
Etymology edit
Cognates include Somali dheer and Saho dheerhá.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
xeerí (inchoative exxeeré)
Conjugation edit
| Conjugation of xeeri (type III verb) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st singular | 2nd singular | 3rd singular | 1st plural | 2nd plural | 3rd plural | ||||
| m | f | ||||||||
| present indicative I | V-affirmative | xeeriyóh | xeeritóh | xeeríh | xeeríh | xeerinóh | xeeritoonúh | xeeroonúh | |
| N-affirmative | xeeriyó | xeeritó | xeerí | xeerí | xeerinó | xeeritón | xeerón | ||
| negative | máxeeriyo | máxeerito | máxeeri | máxeeri | máxeerino | máxeeriton | máxeeron | ||
| present indicative II | affirmative present indicative I + imperfective of én | ||||||||
| past indicative I | xéeruk + perfective of én | ||||||||
| past indicative II | xéeruk + perfective of sugé | ||||||||
| present potential |
affirmative | xeeriyóm takkéh | xeeritóm takkéh | xeerím takkéh | xeerím takkéh | xeerinóm takkéh | xeeritoonúm takkéh | xeeroonúm takkéh | |
| past conditional |
affirmative | xéeruk + past conditional of sugé | |||||||
| -h converb | -k converb | -in(n)uh converb | infinitive | ||||||
| xéerih | xéeruk | xeerínnuh | xeeríyya | ||||||
Derived terms edit
References edit
- E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “xeeri”, 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)