xaaxe

Afar

Alternative forms

• raaré (Southern dialects)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɖaːˈɖe/ [ɖaːˈɖɛ]
• Hyphenation: xaa‧xe

Verb

xaaxé

1. (Northern dialects, auxiliary) intend to
2. (Northern dialects, auxiliary) almost do

Conjugation

Conjugation of xaaxe (type II verb)
		1st singular	2nd singular	3rd singular		1st plural	2nd plural	3rd plural
				m	f
perfective	V-affirmative	xaaxéh	xaaxxéh	xaaxéh	xaaxxéh	xaaxnéh, xaanxéh	xaaxxeeníh	xaaxeeníh
	N-affirmative	xaaxé	xaaxxé	xaaxé	xaaxxé	xaaxné, xaanxé	xaaxxén	xaaxén
	negative	máxaaxinniyo	máxaaxinnito	máxaaxinna	máxaaxinna	máxaaxinnino	máxaaxinniton	máxaaxinnon
imperfective	V-affirmative	xaaxáh	xaaxxáh	xaaxáh	xaaxxáh	xaaxnáh, xaanxáh	xaaxxaanáh	xaaxaanáh
	N-affirmative	xaaxá	xaaxxá	xaaxá	xaaxxá	xaaxná, xaanxá	xaaxxán	xaaxán
	negative	máxaaxa	máxaaxxa	máxaaxa	máxaaxxa	máxaaxna, máxaanxa	máxaaxxan	máxaaxan
prospective	V-affirmative	xaaxéliyoh xaaxéyyoh	xaaxélitoh xaaxéttoh	xaaxéleh	xaaxéleh	xaaxélinoh xaaxénnoh	xaaxélitoonuh xaaxéttoonuh	xaaxéloonuh
	N-affirmative	xaaxéliyo xaaxéyyo	xaaxélito xaaxétto	xaaxéle	xaaxéle	xaaxélino xaaxénno	xaaxéliton xaaxétton	xaaxélon
conjunctive I	V-affirmative	xáaxuh	xáaxxuh	xáaxuh	xáaxxuh	xáaxuh, xáanxuh	xaaxxóonuh	xaaxóonuh
	N-affirmative	xáaxu	xáaxxu	xáaxu	xáaxxu	xáaxu, xáanxuh	xaaxxón	xaaxón
	negative	xaaxé wáyuh	xaaxé wáytuh	xaaxé wáyuh	xaaxé wáytuh	xaaxé wáynuh	xaaxé waytóonuh	xaaxé wóonuh
conjunctive II	V-affirmative	xaaxánkeh	xaaxxánkeh	xaaxánkeh	xaaxxánkeh	xaaxnánkeh, xaanxánkeh	xaaxxaanánkeh	xaaxaanánkeh
	N-affirmative	xaaxánke	xaaxxánke	xaaxánke	xaaxxánke	xaaxnánke, xaanxánke	xaaxxaanánke	xaaxaanánke
	negative	xaaxé wáankeh	xaaxé waytánkeh	xaaxé wáankeh	xaaxé waytánkeh	xaaxé waynánkeh	xaaxé waytaanánkeh	xaaxé wáankeh
jussive	affirmative	xáaxay	xáaxxay	xáaxay	xáaxxay	xáaxnay, xáanxay	xaaxxóonay	xaaxóonay
	negative	xaaxé wáay	xaaxé wáytay	xaaxé wáay	xaaxé wáytay	xaaxé wáynay	xaaxé waytóonay	xaaxé wóonay
past conditional	affirmative	xaaxinniyóy	xaaxinnitóy	xaaxinnáy	xaaxinnáy	xaaxinninóy	xaaxinnitoonúy	xaaxinnoonúy
	negative	xaaxé wanniyóy	xaaxé wannitóy	xaaxé wannáy	xaaxé wannáy	xaaxé wanninóy	xaaxé wannitoonúy	xaaxé wanninoonúy
present conditional I	affirmative	xaaxék	xaaxxék	xaaxék	xaaxxék	xaaxnék, xaanxék	xaaxxeeník	xaaxeeník
	negative	xaaxé wéek	xaaxé wayték	xaaxé wéek	xaaxé wayték	xaaxé waynék	xaaxé wayteeník	xaaxé weeník
		singular	plural			singular	plural
consultative	affirmative	xaaxóo	xaaxnóo, xaanxóo	imperative	affirmative	xáax	xáaxa
	negative	maxaaxóo	maxaaxnóo, máxaanxóo		negative	máxaaxin	máxaaxina
-h converb	-i form	-k converb	-in(n)uh converb	-innuk converb	infinitive	indefinite participle
						V-focus	N-focus
xáaxah	xáaxi	xáaxak	xaaxínnuh	xaaxínnuk	xaaxíyya	xaaxináanih	xaaxináan
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 xaaxé + imperfective of wée + -m + takké perfect potential affirmative perfective + -m + takké negative xaaxé + perfective of wée + -m + takké present conditional II affirmative imperfective + object pronoun + tekkék negative xaaxé + perfective of wée + object pronoun + tekkék perfect conditional affirmative perfective + imperfective of sugé + -k negative perfective + sugé + imperfective of wée -k irrealis xaaxé + perfective of xaaxé or raaré

References

• E. M. Parker; R. J. Hayward (1985), “xaaxe”, 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)‎, Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis), page 348