gexe

Afar

Etymology

Related to Saho gerhé.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɡeˈɖe/, [ɡɛˈɽɛ]

Hyphenation: ge‧xe

Verb

gexé (causative gexité, frequentative gexamgexé)

(intransitive) go
(intransitive) move
(intransitive, + k-case) fade
(transitive, + k-case) go from
(transitive, + l-case) rely on
(transitive, + l-case) trust in

Conjugation

Conjugation of gexe (type II verb)

1st singular

2nd singular

3rd singular

1st plural

2nd plural

3rd plural

m

f

perfective

V-affirmative

gexéh

gexxéh

gexéh

gexxéh

gexnéh, genxéh

gexxeeníh

gexeeníh

N-affirmative

gexé

gexxé

gexé

gexxé

gexné, genxé

gexxén

gexén

negative

mágexinniyo

mágexinnito

mágexinna

mágexinnino

mágexinniton

mágexinnon

imperfective

V-affirmative

gexáh

gexxáh

gexáh

gexxáh

gexnáh, genxáh

gexxaanáh

gexaanáh

N-affirmative

gexá

gexxá

gexá

gexxá

gexná, genxá

gexxán

gexán

negative

mágexa

mágexxa

mágexa

mágexxa

mágexna, mágenxa

mágexxan

mágexan

prospective

V-affirmative

gexéliyoh
gexéyyoh

gexélitoh
gexéttoh

gexéleh

gexélinoh
gexénnoh

gexélitoonuh
gexéttoonuh

gexéloonuh

N-affirmative

gexéliyo
gexéyyo

gexélito
gexétto

gexéle

gexélino
gexénno

gexéliton
gexétton

gexélon

conjunctive I

V-affirmative

géxuh

géxxuh

géxuh

géxxuh

géxuh, génxuh

gexxóonuh

gexóonuh

N-affirmative

géxu

géxxu

géxu

géxxu

géxu, génxuh

gexxón

gexón

negative

gexé wáyuh

gexé wáytuh

gexé wáyuh

gexé wáytuh

gexé wáynuh

gexé waytóonuh

gexé wóonuh

conjunctive II

V-affirmative

gexánkeh

gexxánkeh

gexánkeh

gexxánkeh

gexnánkeh, genxánkeh

gexxaanánkeh

gexaanánkeh

N-affirmative

gexánke

gexxánke

gexánke

gexxánke

gexnánke, genxánke

gexxaanánke

gexaanánke

negative

gexé wáankeh

gexé waytánkeh

gexé wáankeh

gexé waytánkeh

gexé waynánkeh

gexé waytaanánkeh

gexé wáankeh

jussive

affirmative

géxay

géxxay

géxay

géxxay

géxay, génxay

gexxóonay

gexóonay

negative

gexé wáay

gexé wáytay

gexé wáay

gexé wáytay

gexé wáynay

gexé waytóonay

gexé wóonay

past
conditional

affirmative

gexinniyóy

gexinnitóy

gexinnáy

gexinninóy

gexinnitoonúy

gexinnoonúy

negative

gexé wanniyóy

gexé wannitóy

gexé wannáy

gexé wanninóy

gexé wannitoonúy

gexé wanninoonúy

present
conditional I

affirmative

gexék

gexxék

gexék

gexxék

gexnék, genxék

gexxeeník

gexeeník

negative

gexé wéek

gexé wayték

gexé wéek

gexé wayték

gexé waynék

gexé wayteeník

gexé weeník

singular

plural

singular

plural

consultative

affirmative

gexóo

gexnóo, genxóo

imperative

affirmative

géx

géxa

negative

magexóo

magexnóo, mágenxóo

negative

mágexin

mágexina

-h converb

-i form

-k converb

-in(n)uh converb

-innuk converb

infinitive

indefinite participle

V-focus

N-focus

géxah

géxi

géxak

gexínnuh

gexínnuk

gexíyya

gexináanih

gexináan

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*
imperfect potential II	negative	gexé + imperfective of *wée* + -m + *takké*
perfect potential	affirmative	perfective + -m + *takké*
perfect potential	negative	gexé + perfective of *wée* + -m + *takké*
present conditional II	affirmative	imperfective + object pronoun + *tekkék*
present conditional II	negative	gexé + perfective of *wée* + object pronoun + *tekkék*
perfect conditional	affirmative	perfective + imperfective of *sugé* + -k
perfect conditional	negative	perfective + *sugé* + imperfective of *wée* -k
irrealis		gexé + perfective of *xaaxé* or *raaré*

References

E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “gexe”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN
Marie-Claude Simeone-Senelle, Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2013 August) “Gender, Number and Agreement in Afar (Cushitic language)”, in 43th Colloquium on African Languages and Linguistics‎, Leiden: Leiden University, page 2
Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎, Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis), page 271

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