haasawe

haasawe

Afar

Etymology

From háasaw (“conversation”) +‎ -é. Akin to Somali haasaawi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /haːsʌˈwe/
• Hyphenation: haa‧sa‧we

Verb

haasawé

1. (Northern dialects, intransitive) engage in a conversation

Conjugation

Conjugation of haasawe (type II verb)
	Indicative
	Perfective		Imperfective
	Positive	Negative	Positive	Negative
1st singular	haasawé	mahaasawinniyó	haasawá	mahaasawá
2nd singular	haasawté	mahaasawinnitó	haasawtá	mahaasawtá
3rd singular m	haasawé	mahaasawinná	haasawá	mahaasawá
3rd singular f	haasawté	mahaasawinná	haasawtá	mahaasawtá
1st plural	haasawné	mahaasawinninó	haasawná	mahaasawná
2nd plural	haasawteení	mahaasawinnitonú	haasawtaaná	mahaasawtaaná
3rd plural	haasaweení	mahaasawinnonú	haasawaaná	mahaasawaaná
	Imperative		Optative
	Positive	Negative	Positive	Negative
singular	haasáw	mahaasawín	haasawáy	haasawé way
plural	haasawá	mahaasawiná	haasawóonay	haasawé wóonay
	Obligative		Conjunctive
	Positive	Negative	Positive	Negative
1st singular	haasawaamá	haasawé waamá	haasáwu	haasawé wáyu
2nd singular	haasawtaamá	haasawé waytaamá	haasáwtu	haasawé wáytu
3rd singular m	haasawaamá	haasawé waamá	haasáwu	haasawé wáyu
3rd singular f	haasawtaamá	haasawé waytaamá	haasáwtu	haasawé wáytu
1st plural	haasawnaamá	haasawé waynaamá	haasáwnu	haasawé wáynu
2nd plural	haasawtaanamá	haasawé waytaanamá	haasawtánu	haasawé waytóonu
3rd plural	haasawaanamá	haasawé waanaamá	haasawánu	haasawé wóonu
	Consultative			Positive converb
	Positive	Negative	-h	haasáwah
singular	haasawóo	mahaasawóo	-k	haasáwak
plural	haasawnóo	mahaasawnóo	-ín(n)uh	haasawínnuh
	Future prospective		-ínnuk	haasawínnuk
	Positive	Negative		Negative converb
1st singular	haasaweliyó	haasawé waamá	-h	haasawé waah
2nd singular	haasawelitó	haasawé waytaamá	-k	haasawé waak
3rd singular m	haasawelé	haasawé waamá	-ín(n)uh	haasawé wánnuh
3rd singular f	haasawelé	haasawé waytaamá	-ínnuk	haasawé wánnuk
1st plural	haasawelinó	haasawé waynaamá
2nd plural	haasawelitónu	haasawé waytaanamá
3rd plural	haasawelónu	haasawé waanaamá
Compound tenses Past perfect perfective + -h + imperfective of en Present progressive imperfective + -h + imperfective of en Past progressive -k converb + perfective of sugé Future progressive -k converb + imperfective of sugé Past anterior imperfective + -h + perfective of en imperfective + -h + perfective of sugé Future anterior perfective + -h + imperfective of sugé imperfective + -h + future simple of sugé Past habitual -k converb + imperfective of en -k converb + imperfective of sugé Defective haasawé + perfective of raaré haasawé + perfective of xaaxé Immediate future positive conjunctive + imperfective of wee

Usage notes

• At least one of the people that are part of the conversation one doing haasawé is engaging in, is female.

References

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