qaage

Afar

Etymology

Cognate with Saho caage.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʕaːˈɡe/ [ʕaːˈɡɛ]
• Hyphenation: qaa‧ge

Verb

qaagé (causative qaagisé, autobenefactive qaagité)

1. (North Afar, transitive) desire
2. (South Afar, transitive) hope for

Conjugation

Conjugation of qaage (type II verb)
		1st singular	2nd singular	3rd singular		1st plural	2nd plural	3rd plural
				m	f
perfective	V-affirmative	qaagéh	qaagtéh	qaagéh	qaagtéh	qaagnéh	qaagteeníh	qaageeníh
	N-affirmative	qaagé	qaagté	qaagé	qaagté	qaagné	qaagtén	qaagén
	negative	máqaaginniyo	máqaaginnito	máqaaginna	máqaaginna	máqaaginnino	máqaaginniton	máqaaginnon
imperfective	V-affirmative	qaagáh	qaagtáh	qaagáh	qaagtáh	qaagnáh	qaagtaanáh	qaagaanáh
	N-affirmative	qaagá	qaagtá	qaagá	qaagtá	qaagná	qaagtán	qaagán
	negative	máqaaga	máqaagta	máqaaga	máqaagta	máqaagna	máqaagtan	máqaagan
prospective	V-affirmative	qaagéliyoh qaagéyyoh	qaagélitoh qaagéttoh	qaagéleh	qaagéleh	qaagélinoh qaagénnoh	qaagélitoonuh qaagéttoonuh	qaagéloonuh
	N-affirmative	qaagéliyo qaagéyyo	qaagélito qaagétto	qaagéle	qaagéle	qaagélino qaagénno	qaagéliton qaagétton	qaagélon
conjunctive I	V-affirmative	qáaguh	qáagtuh	qáaguh	qáagtuh	qáaguh	qaagtóonuh	qaagóonuh
	N-affirmative	qáagu	qáagtu	qáagu	qáagtu	qáagu	qaagtón	qaagón
	negative	qaagé wáyuh	qaagé wáytuh	qaagé wáyuh	qaagé wáytuh	qaagé wáynuh	qaagé waytóonuh	qaagé wóonuh
conjunctive II	V-affirmative	qaagánkeh	qaagtánkeh	qaagánkeh	qaagtánkeh	qaagnánkeh	qaagtaanánkeh	qaagaanánkeh
	N-affirmative	qaagánke	qaagtánke	qaagánke	qaagtánke	qaagnánke	qaagtaanánke	qaagaanánke
	negative	qaagé wáankeh	qaagé waytánkeh	qaagé wáankeh	qaagé waytánkeh	qaagé waynánkeh	qaagé waytaanánkeh	qaagé wáankeh
jussive	affirmative	qáagay	qáagtay	qáagay	qáagtay	qáagnay	qaagtóonay	qaagóonay
	negative	qaagé wáay	qaagé wáytay	qaagé wáay	qaagé wáytay	qaagé wáynay	qaagé waytóonay	qaagé wóonay
past conditional	affirmative	qaaginniyóy	qaaginnitóy	qaaginnáy	qaaginnáy	qaaginninóy	qaaginnitoonúy	qaaginnoonúy
	negative	qaagé wanniyóy	qaagé wannitóy	qaagé wannáy	qaagé wannáy	qaagé wanninóy	qaagé wannitoonúy	qaagé wanninoonúy
present conditional I	affirmative	qaagék	qaagték	qaagék	qaagték	qaagnék	qaagteeník	qaageeník
	negative	qaagé wéek	qaagé wayték	qaagé wéek	qaagé wayték	qaagé waynék	qaagé wayteeník	qaagé weeník
		singular	plural			singular	plural
consultative	affirmative	qaagóo	qaagnóo	imperative	affirmative	qáag	qáaga
	negative	maqaagóo	maqaagnóo		negative	máqaagin	máqaagina
-h converb	-i form	-k converb	-in(n)uh converb	-innuk converb	infinitive	indefinite participle
						V-focus	N-focus
qáagah	qáagi	qáagak	qaagínnuh	qaagínnuk	qaagíyya	qaagináanih	qaagináan
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 qaagé + imperfective of wée + -m + takké perfect potential affirmative perfective + -m + takké negative qaagé + perfective of wée + -m + takké present conditional II affirmative imperfective + object pronoun + tekkék negative qaagé + perfective of wée + object pronoun + tekkék perfect conditional affirmative perfective + imperfective of sugé + -k negative perfective + sugé + imperfective of wée -k irrealis qaagé + perfective of xaaxé or raaré

References

• E. M. Parker; R. J. Hayward (1985), “qaage”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN