meqe
Afar
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]meqé
Conjugation
[edit]| Conjugation of meqe (type III verb) | |||||||||
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| 1st singular | 2nd singular | 3rd singular | 1st plural | 2nd plural | 3rd plural | ||||
| m | f | ||||||||
| present indicative I | V-affirmative | miqiyóh | miqitóh | meqéh | meqéh | miqinóh | miqitoonúh | moqoonúh | |
| N-affirmative | miqiyó | miqitó | meqé | meqé | miqinó | miqitón | moqón | ||
| negative | mámiqiyo | mámiqito | mámeqe | mámeqe | mámiqino | mámiqiton | mámoqon | ||
| present indicative II | affirmative present indicative I + imperfective of én | ||||||||
| past indicative I | múquk + perfective of én | ||||||||
| past indicative II | múquk + perfective of sugé | ||||||||
| present potential |
affirmative | miqiyóm takkéh | miqitóm takkéh | meqém takkéh | meqém takkéh | miqinóm takkéh | miqitoonúm takkéh | moqoonúm takkéh | |
| past conditional |
affirmative | múquk + past conditional of sugé | |||||||
| -h converb | -k converb | -in(n)uh converb | infinitive | ||||||
| míqih | múquk | miqínnuh | miqíyya | ||||||
Antonyms
[edit]- umá (“be bad”)
References
[edit]- E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “meqe”, 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)