qusba
Afar
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʕusˈba/ [ʕusˈbʌ]
- Hyphenation: qus‧ba
Verb
qusbá
- (stative) be new
Conjugation
| Conjugation of qusba (type III verb) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st singular | 2nd singular | 3rd singular | 1st plural | 2nd plural | 3rd plural | ||||
| m | f | ||||||||
| present indicative I | V-affirmative | qusbiyóh | qusbitóh | qusbáh | qusbáh | qusbinóh | qusbitoonúh | qusboonúh | |
| N-affirmative | qusbiyó | qusbitó | qusbá | qusbá | qusbinó | qusbitón | qusbón | ||
| negative | máqusbiyo | máqusbito | máqusba | máqusba | máqusbino | máqusbiton | máqusbon | ||
| present indicative II | affirmative present indicative I + imperfective of én | ||||||||
| past indicative I | qúsbuk + perfective of én | ||||||||
| past indicative II | qúsbuk + perfective of sugé | ||||||||
| present potential |
affirmative | qusbiyóm takkéh | qusbitóm takkéh | qusbám takkéh | qusbám takkéh | qusbinóm takkéh | qusbitoonúm takkéh | qusboonúm takkéh | |
| past conditional |
affirmative | qúsbuk + past conditional of sugé | |||||||
| -h converb | -k converb | -in(n)uh converb | infinitive | ||||||
| qúsbih | qúsbuk | qusbínnuh | qusbíyya | ||||||
References
- E. M. Parker; R. J. Hayward (1985), “qusba”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN