raare

raare

Afar

Alternative forms

• xaaxé (Northern dialects)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɾaːˈɾe/

Verb

raaré

1. (transitive) fail to do

Conjugation

Conjugation of raare (type II verb)
	Indicative
	Perfective		Imperfective
	Positive	Negative	Positive	Negative
1st singular	raaré	maraarinniyó	raará	maraará
2nd singular	raarté	maraarinnitó	raartá	maraartá
3rd singular m	raaré	maraarinná	raará	maraará
3rd singular f	raarté	maraarinná	raartá	maraartá
1st plural	raarré	maraarinninó	raarrá	maraarrá
2nd plural	raarteení	maraarinnitonú	raartaaná	maraartaaná
3rd plural	raareení	maraarinnonú	raaraaná	maraaraaná
	Imperative		Optative
	Positive	Negative	Positive	Negative
singular	ráar	maraarín	raaráy	raaré way
plural	raará	maraariná	raaróonay	raaré wóonay
	Obligative		Conjunctive
	Positive	Negative	Positive	Negative
1st singular	raaraamá	raaré waamá	ráaru	raaré wáyu
2nd singular	raartaamá	raaré waytaamá	ráartu	raaré wáytu
3rd singular m	raaraamá	raaré waamá	ráaru	raaré wáyu
3rd singular f	raartaamá	raaré waytaamá	ráartu	raaré wáytu
1st plural	raarraamá	raaré waynaamá	ráarru	raaré wáynu
2nd plural	raartaanamá	raaré waytaanamá	raartánu	raaré waytóonu
3rd plural	raaraanamá	raaré waanaamá	raaránu	raaré wóonu
	Consultative			Positive converb
	Positive	Negative	-h	ráarah
singular	raaróo	maraaróo	-k	ráarak
plural	raarróo	maraarróo	-ín(n)uh	raarínnuh
	Future prospective		-ínnuk	raarínnuk
	Positive	Negative		Negative converb
1st singular	raareliyó	raaré waamá	-h	raaré waah
2nd singular	raarelitó	raaré waytaamá	-k	raaré waak
3rd singular m	raarelé	raaré waamá	-ín(n)uh	raaré wánnuh
3rd singular f	raarelé	raaré waytaamá	-ínnuk	raaré wánnuk
1st plural	raarelinó	raaré waynaamá
2nd plural	raarelitónu	raaré waytaanamá
3rd plural	raarelónu	raaré 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 raaré + perfective of raaré raaré + perfective of xaaxé Immediate future positive conjunctive + imperfective of wee

References

• 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