raare

Afar

Alternative forms

• xaaxé (Northern dialects)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /raːˈre/ [ɾaːˈɾɛ]
• Hyphenation: raa‧re

Verb

raaré

1. (Southern dialects, auxiliary) intend to
2. (Southern dialects, auxiliary) almost do

Conjugation

Conjugation of raare (type II verb)
		1st singular	2nd singular	3rd singular		1st plural	2nd plural	3rd plural
				m	f
perfective	V-affirmative	raaréh	raartéh	raaréh	raartéh	raarréh	raarteeníh	raareeníh
	N-affirmative	raaré	raarté	raaré	raarté	raarré	raartén	raarén
	negative	máraarinniyo	máraarinnito	máraarinna	máraarinna	máraarinnino	máraarinniton	máraarinnon
imperfective	V-affirmative	raaráh	raartáh	raaráh	raartáh	raarráh	raartaanáh	raaraanáh
	N-affirmative	raará	raartá	raará	raartá	raarrá	raartán	raarán
	negative	máraara	máraarta	máraara	máraarta	máraarra	máraartan	máraaran
prospective	V-affirmative	raaréliyoh raaréyyoh	raarélitoh raaréttoh	raaréleh	raaréleh	raarélinoh raarénnoh	raarélitoonuh raaréttoonuh	raaréloonuh
	N-affirmative	raaréliyo raaréyyo	raarélito raarétto	raaréle	raaréle	raarélino raarénno	raaréliton raarétton	raarélon
conjunctive I	V-affirmative	ráaruh	ráartuh	ráaruh	ráartuh	ráaruh	raartóonuh	raaróonuh
	N-affirmative	ráaru	ráartu	ráaru	ráartu	ráaru	raartón	raarón
	negative	raaré wáyuh	raaré wáytuh	raaré wáyuh	raaré wáytuh	raaré wáynuh	raaré waytóonuh	raaré wóonuh
conjunctive II	V-affirmative	raaránkeh	raartánkeh	raaránkeh	raartánkeh	raarránkeh	raartaanánkeh	raaraanánkeh
	N-affirmative	raaránke	raartánke	raaránke	raartánke	raarránke	raartaanánke	raaraanánke
	negative	raaré wáankeh	raaré waytánkeh	raaré wáankeh	raaré waytánkeh	raaré waynánkeh	raaré waytaanánkeh	raaré wáankeh
jussive	affirmative	ráaray	ráartay	ráaray	ráartay	ráaray	raartóonay	raaróonay
	negative	raaré wáay	raaré wáytay	raaré wáay	raaré wáytay	raaré wáynay	raaré waytóonay	raaré wóonay
past conditional	affirmative	raarinniyóy	raarinnitóy	raarinnáy	raarinnáy	raarinninóy	raarinnitoonúy	raarinnoonúy
	negative	raaré wanniyóy	raaré wannitóy	raaré wannáy	raaré wannáy	raaré wanninóy	raaré wannitoonúy	raaré wanninoonúy
present conditional I	affirmative	raarék	raarték	raarék	raarték	raarrék	raarteeník	raareeník
	negative	raaré wéek	raaré wayték	raaré wéek	raaré wayték	raaré waynék	raaré wayteeník	raaré weeník
		singular	plural			singular	plural
consultative	affirmative	raaróo	raarróo	imperative	affirmative	ráar	ráara
	negative	maraaróo	maraarróo		negative	máraarin	máraarina
-h converb	-i form	-k converb	-in(n)uh converb	-innuk converb	infinitive	indefinite participle
						V-focus	N-focus
ráarah	ráari	ráarak	raarínnuh	raarínnuk	raaríyya	raarináanih	raarináan
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 raaré + imperfective of wée + -m + takké perfect potential affirmative perfective + -m + takké negative raaré + perfective of wée + -m + takké present conditional II affirmative imperfective + object pronoun + tekkék negative raaré + perfective of wée + object pronoun + tekkék perfect conditional affirmative perfective + imperfective of sugé + -k negative perfective + sugé + imperfective of wée -k irrealis raaré + perfective of xaaxé or raaré

References

• E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “xaaxe”, 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), page 348