gexe

Afar

Etymology

Related to Saho gerhé.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡeˈɖe/, [ɡɛˈɽɛ]
• Hyphenation: ge‧xe

Verb

gexé (causative gexité, frequentative gexamgexé)

1. (intransitive) go
2. (intransitive) move
3. (intransitive, + k-case) fade
4. (transitive, + k-case) go from
5. (transitive, + l-case) rely on
6. (transitive, + l-case) trust in

Conjugation

Conjugation of gexe (type II verb)
		1st singular	2nd singular	3rd singular		1st plural	2nd plural	3rd plural
				m	f
perfective	V-affirmative	gexéh	gexxéh	gexéh	gexxéh	gexnéh, genxéh	gexxeeníh	gexeeníh
	N-affirmative	gexé	gexxé	gexé	gexxé	gexné, genxé	gexxén	gexén
	negative	mágexinniyo	mágexinnito	mágexinna	mágexinna	mágexinnino	mágexinniton	mágexinnon
imperfective	V-affirmative	gexáh	gexxáh	gexáh	gexxáh	gexnáh, genxáh	gexxaanáh	gexaanáh
	N-affirmative	gexá	gexxá	gexá	gexxá	gexná, genxá	gexxán	gexán
	negative	mágexa	mágexxa	mágexa	mágexxa	mágexna, mágenxa	mágexxan	mágexan
prospective	V-affirmative	gexéliyoh gexéyyoh	gexélitoh gexéttoh	gexéleh	gexéleh	gexélinoh gexénnoh	gexélitoonuh gexéttoonuh	gexéloonuh
	N-affirmative	gexéliyo gexéyyo	gexélito gexétto	gexéle	gexéle	gexélino gexénno	gexéliton gexétton	gexélon
conjunctive I	V-affirmative	géxuh	géxxuh	géxuh	géxxuh	géxuh, génxuh	gexxóonuh	gexóonuh
	N-affirmative	géxu	géxxu	géxu	géxxu	géxu, génxuh	gexxón	gexón
	negative	gexé wáyuh	gexé wáytuh	gexé wáyuh	gexé wáytuh	gexé wáynuh	gexé waytóonuh	gexé wóonuh
conjunctive II	V-affirmative	gexánkeh	gexxánkeh	gexánkeh	gexxánkeh	gexnánkeh, genxánkeh	gexxaanánkeh	gexaanánkeh
	N-affirmative	gexánke	gexxánke	gexánke	gexxánke	gexnánke, genxánke	gexxaanánke	gexaanánke
	negative	gexé wáankeh	gexé waytánkeh	gexé wáankeh	gexé waytánkeh	gexé waynánkeh	gexé waytaanánkeh	gexé wáankeh
jussive	affirmative	géxay	géxxay	géxay	géxxay	géxay, génxay	gexxóonay	gexóonay
	negative	gexé wáay	gexé wáytay	gexé wáay	gexé wáytay	gexé wáynay	gexé waytóonay	gexé wóonay
past conditional	affirmative	gexinniyóy	gexinnitóy	gexinnáy	gexinnáy	gexinninóy	gexinnitoonúy	gexinnoonúy
	negative	gexé wanniyóy	gexé wannitóy	gexé wannáy	gexé wannáy	gexé wanninóy	gexé wannitoonúy	gexé wanninoonúy
present conditional I	affirmative	gexék	gexxék	gexék	gexxék	gexnék, genxék	gexxeeník	gexeeník
	negative	gexé wéek	gexé wayték	gexé wéek	gexé wayték	gexé waynék	gexé wayteeník	gexé weeník
		singular	plural			singular	plural
consultative	affirmative	gexóo	gexnóo, genxóo	imperative	affirmative	géx	géxa
	negative	magexóo	magexnóo, mágenxóo		negative	mágexin	mágexina
-h converb	-i form	-k converb	-in(n)uh converb	-innuk converb	infinitive	indefinite participle
						V-focus	N-focus
géxah	géxi	géxak	gexínnuh	gexínnuk	gexíyya	gexináanih	gexináan
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 gexé + imperfective of wée + -m + takké perfect potential affirmative perfective + -m + takké negative gexé + perfective of wée + -m + takké present conditional II affirmative imperfective + object pronoun + tekkék negative gexé + perfective of wée + object pronoun + tekkék perfect conditional affirmative perfective + imperfective of sugé + -k negative perfective + sugé + imperfective of wée -k irrealis gexé + perfective of xaaxé or raaré

References

• E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “gexe”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN
• Marie-Claude Simeone-Senelle, Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2013 August) “Gender, Number and Agreement in Afar (Cushitic language)”, in 43th Colloquium on African Languages and Linguistics‎^[1], Leiden: Leiden University, page 2
• Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎^[2], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis), page 271