Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ħaˈbe/ [ħʌˈbɛ]
- Hyphenation: ca‧be
Verb
cabé (causative cabsiisé)
- (intransitive) leave
- (intransitive) depart
- (intransitive) cease
- (intransitive) divorce
Conjugation
More information Conjugation of (type II verb), 1st singular ...
| Conjugation of cabe (type II verb) |
|
1st singular |
2nd singular |
3rd singular |
1st plural |
2nd plural |
3rd plural |
| m |
f |
| perfective |
V-affirmative |
cabéh | cabtéh | cabéh | cabtéh | cabnéh | cabteeníh | cabeeníh |
| N-affirmative |
cabé | cabté | cabé | cabté | cabné | cabtén | cabén |
| negative |
mácabinniyo | mácabinnito | mácabinna | mácabinna | mácabinnino | mácabinniton | mácabinnon |
| imperfective |
V-affirmative |
cabáh | cabtáh | cabáh | cabtáh | cabnáh | cabtaanáh | cabaanáh |
| N-affirmative |
cabá | cabtá | cabá | cabtá | cabná | cabtán | cabán |
| negative |
mácaba | mácabta | mácaba | mácabta | mácabna | mácabtan | mácaban |
| prospective |
V-affirmative |
cabéliyoh cabéyyoh | cabélitoh cabéttoh | cabéleh | cabéleh | cabélinoh cabénnoh | cabélitoonuh cabéttoonuh | cabéloonuh |
| N-affirmative |
cabéliyo cabéyyo | cabélito cabétto | cabéle | cabéle | cabélino cabénno | cabéliton cabétton | cabélon |
| conjunctive I |
V-affirmative |
cábuh | cábtuh | cábuh | cábtuh | cábuh | cabtóonuh | cabóonuh |
| N-affirmative |
cábu | cábtu | cábu | cábtu | cábu | cabtón | cabón |
| negative |
cabé wáyuh | cabé wáytuh | cabé wáyuh | cabé wáytuh | cabé wáynuh | cabé waytóonuh | cabé wóonuh |
| conjunctive II |
V-affirmative |
cabánkeh | cabtánkeh | cabánkeh | cabtánkeh | cabnánkeh | cabtaanánkeh | cabaanánkeh |
| N-affirmative |
cabánke | cabtánke | cabánke | cabtánke | cabnánke | cabtaanánke | cabaanánke |
| negative |
cabé wáankeh | cabé waytánkeh | cabé wáankeh | cabé waytánkeh | cabé waynánkeh | cabé waytaanánkeh | cabé wáankeh |
| jussive |
affirmative |
cábay | cábtay | cábay | cábtay | cábnay | cabtóonay | cabóonay |
| negative |
cabé wáay | cabé wáytay | cabé wáay | cabé wáytay | cabé wáynay | cabé waytóonay | cabé wóonay |
past conditional |
affirmative |
cabinniyóy | cabinnitóy | cabinnáy | cabinnáy | cabinninóy | cabinnitoonúy | cabinnoonúy |
| negative |
cabé wanniyóy | cabé wannitóy | cabé wannáy | cabé wannáy | cabé wanninóy | cabé wannitoonúy | cabé wanninoonúy |
present conditional I |
affirmative |
cabék | cabték | cabék | cabték | cabnék | cabteeník | cabeeník |
| negative |
cabé wéek | cabé wayték | cabé wéek | cabé wayték | cabé waynék | cabé wayteeník | cabé weeník |
|
singular |
plural |
|
singular |
plural |
|
| consultative |
affirmative |
cabóo | cabnóo |
imperative |
affirmative |
cáb | cába |
| negative |
macabóo | macabnóo |
negative |
mácabin | mácabina |
| -h converb |
-i form |
-k converb |
-in(n)uh converb |
-innuk converb |
infinitive |
indefinite participle |
| V-focus |
N-focus |
| cábah | cábi | cábak | cabínnuh | cabínnuk | cabíyya | cabináanih | cabináan |
| 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 |
| negative |
cabé + imperfective of wée + -m + takké |
perfect potential |
affirmative |
perfective + -m + takké |
| negative |
cabé + perfective of wée + -m + takké |
present conditional II |
affirmative |
imperfective + object pronoun + tekkék |
| negative |
cabé + perfective of wée + object pronoun + tekkék |
perfect conditional |
affirmative |
perfective + imperfective of sugé + -k |
| negative |
perfective + sugé + imperfective of wée -k |
| irrealis |
cabé + perfective of xaaxé or raaré |
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References
- E. M. Parker; R. J. Hayward (1985), “cabe”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN
- Enid M. Parker (2006), English-Afar dictionary, Dunwoody Press, →ISBN, page 1
- Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015), L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie), Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis), page 267