uble

See also: üble

Afar

Etymology

Cognate with Saho uble.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ubˈle/, [ʔʊbˈlɛ]
• Hyphenation: ub‧le

Verb

ublé (causative uybullé, frequentative ubamublé)

1. (transitive) see
2. (transitive) feel

Conjugation

Conjugation of uble (type I verb)
		1st singular	2nd singular	3rd singular		1st plural	2nd plural	3rd plural
				m	f
perfective	V-affirmative	ubléh	tubléh	yubléh	tubléh	nubléh	tubleeníh	yubleeníh
	N-affirmative	ublé	tublé	yublé	tublé	nublé	tublén	yublén
	negative	máablinniyo	máablinnito	máablinna	máablinna	máablinnino	máablinniton	máablinnon
imperfective	V-affirmative	abléh	tabléh	yabléh	tabléh	nabléh	tableeníh	yableeníh
	N-affirmative	ablé	tablé	yablé	tablé	nablé	tablén	yablén
	negative	máabla	mátabla	máyabla, míyabla	mátabla	mánabla	mátablan	máyablan, míyablan
prospective	V-affirmative	abléliyoh, abléyyoh	ablélitoh, abléttoh	abléleh	abléleh	ablélinoh, ablénnoh	ablélitoonuh, abléttoonuh	abléloonuh
	N-affirmative	abléliyo, abléyyo	ablélito, ablétto	abléle	abléle	ablélino, ablénno	abléliton, ablétton	ablélon
conjunctive I	V-affirmative	ábluh	tábluh	yábluh	tábluh	nábluh	tablóonuh	yablóonuh
	N-affirmative	áblu	táblu	yáblu	táblu	náblu	tablón	yablón
	negative	ablé wáyuh	ablé wáytuh	ablé wáyuh	ablé wáytuh	ablé wáynuh	ablé waytóonuh	ablé wóonuh
conjunctive II	V-affirmative	ablénkeh	tablénkeh	yablénkeh	tablénkeh	nablénkeh	tableenínkeh	yableenínkeh
	N-affirmative	ablénke	tablénke	yablénke	tablénke	nablénke	tableenínke	yableenínke
	negative	ablé wáankeh	ablé waytánkeh	ablé wáankeh	ablé waytánkeh	ablé waynánkeh	ablé waytaanankéh	ablé waanánkeh
jussive	affirmative	áblay	táblay	yáblay	táblay	náblay	tablóonay	yablóonay
	negative	ablé wáay	ablé wáytay	ablé wáay	ablé wáytay	ablé wáynay	ablé waytóonay	ablé wóonay
past conditional	affirmative	ablinniyóy	ablinnitóy	ablinnáy	ablinnáy	ablinninóy	ablinnitoonúy	ablinnoonúy
	negative	ablé wanniyóy	ablé wannitóy	ablé wannáy	ablé wannáy	ablé wanninóy	ablé wannitoonúy	ablé wannoonúy
present conditional I	affirmative	ublék	tublék	yublék	tublék	nublék	tubleeník	yubleeník
	negative	ablé wéek	ablé wayték	ablé wéek	ablé wayték	ablé waynék	ablé wayteeník	ablé weeník
		singular	plural			singular	plural
consultative	affirmative	ablóo	nablóo	imperative	affirmative	ubúl	ubúla
	negative	maablóo	manablóo		negative	máablin	máablina
-h converb	-i form	-k converb	-in(n)uh converb	-innuk converb	infinitive	indefinite participle
						V-focus	N-focus
áblih	ábli	ábluk	ablínnuh	ablínnuk	ablíyya	ablinnáanih	ablinnáan
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 ablé + imperfective of wée + -m + takké perfect potential affirmative perfective + -m + takké negative ablé + perfective of wée + -m + takké present conditional II affirmative imperfective + object pronoun + tekkék negative ablé + perfective of wée + object pronoun + tekkék perfect conditional affirmative perfective + imperfective of sugé + -k negative perfective + sugé + imperfective of wée -k irrealis ablé + perfective of xaaxé or raaré

References

• E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “uble”, 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 282