icfide

Afar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iħfiˈde/, [ʔɪħfɪˈdɛ]
• Hyphenation: ic‧fi‧de

Verb

icfidé (causative iscifidé)

1. (transitive) memorise

Conjugation

Conjugation of icfide (type I verb)
		1st singular	2nd singular	3rd singular		1st plural	2nd plural	3rd plural
				m	f
perfective	V-affirmative	icfidéh	ticfidéh	yicfidéh	ticfidéh	nicfidéh	ticfideeníh	yicfideeníh
	N-affirmative	icfidé	ticfidé	yicfidé	ticfidé	nicfidé	ticfidén	yicfidén
	negative	máacfidinniyo	máacfidinnito	máacfidinna	máacfidinna	máacfidinnino	máacfidinniton	máacfidinnon
imperfective	V-affirmative	acfidéh	tacfidéh	yacfidéh	tacfidéh	nacfidéh	tacfideeníh	yacfideeníh
	N-affirmative	acfidé	tacfidé	yacfidé	tacfidé	nacfidé	tacfidén	yacfidén
	negative	máacfida	mátacfida	máyacfida, míyacfida	mátacfida	mánacfida	mátacfidan	máyacfidan, míyacfidan
prospective	V-affirmative	acfidéliyoh, acfidéyyoh	acfidélitoh, acfidéttoh	acfidéleh	acfidéleh	acfidélinoh, acfidénnoh	acfidélitoonuh, acfidéttoonuh	acfidéloonuh
	N-affirmative	acfidéliyo, acfidéyyo	acfidélito, acfidétto	acfidéle	acfidéle	acfidélino, acfidénno	acfidéliton, acfidétton	acfidélon
conjunctive I	V-affirmative	acfíduh	tacfíduh	yacfíduh	tacfíduh	nacfíduh	tacfidóonuh	yacfidóonuh
	N-affirmative	acfídu	tacfídu	yacfídu	tacfídu	nacfídu	tacfidón	yacfidón
	negative	acfidé wáyuh	acfidé wáytuh	acfidé wáyuh	acfidé wáytuh	acfidé wáynuh	acfidé waytóonuh	acfidé wóonuh
conjunctive II	V-affirmative	acfidénkeh	tacfidénkeh	yacfidénkeh	tacfidénkeh	nacfidénkeh	tacfideenínkeh	yacfideenínkeh
	N-affirmative	acfidénke	tacfidénke	yacfidénke	tacfidénke	nacfidénke	tacfideenínke	yacfideenínke
	negative	acfidé wáankeh	acfidé waytánkeh	acfidé wáankeh	acfidé waytánkeh	acfidé waynánkeh	acfidé waytaanankéh	acfidé waanánkeh
jussive	affirmative	acfíday	tacfíday	yacfíday	tacfíday	nacfíday	tacfidóonay	yacfidóonay
	negative	acfidé wáay	acfidé wáytay	acfidé wáay	acfidé wáytay	acfidé wáynay	acfidé waytóonay	acfidé wóonay
past conditional	affirmative	acfidinniyóy	acfidinnitóy	acfidinnáy	acfidinnáy	acfidinninóy	acfidinnitoonúy	acfidinnoonúy
	negative	acfidé wanniyóy	acfidé wannitóy	acfidé wannáy	acfidé wannáy	acfidé wanninóy	acfidé wannitoonúy	acfidé wannoonúy
present conditional I	affirmative	icfidék	ticfidék	yicfidék	ticfidék	nicfidék	ticfideeník	yicfideeník
	negative	acfidé wéek	acfidé wayték	acfidé wéek	acfidé wayték	acfidé waynék	acfidé wayteeník	acfidé weeník
		singular	plural			singular	plural
consultative	affirmative	acfidóo	nacfidóo	imperative	affirmative	icfíd	icfída
	negative	maacfidóo	manacfidóo		negative	máacfidin	máacfidina
-h converb	-i form	-k converb	-in(n)uh converb	-innuk converb	infinitive	indefinite participle
						V-focus	N-focus
acfídih	acfídi	acfíduk	acfidínnuh	acfidínnuk	acfidíyya	acfidinnáanih	acfidinnáan
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 acfidé + imperfective of wée + -m + takké perfect potential affirmative perfective + -m + takké negative acfidé + perfective of wée + -m + takké present conditional II affirmative imperfective + object pronoun + tekkék negative acfidé + perfective of wée + object pronoun + tekkék perfect conditional affirmative perfective + imperfective of sugé + -k negative perfective + sugé + imperfective of wée -k irrealis acfidé + perfective of xaaxé or raaré

References

• E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “icfide”, 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)‎^[1], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis), page 266