meqe
Afar
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /meˈʕe/
- Hyphenation: me‧qe
Verb
meqé
- (stative) be good
Conjugation
| Conjugation of meqe (type III verb) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
- umá (“be bad”)
References
- 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), Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)