ruube

Afar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ruːˈbe/ [ɾuːˈbɛ]
• Hyphenation: ruu‧be

Verb

ruubé (causative rubsuusé, passive ruubimé)

1. (transitive) send

Conjugation

Conjugation of ruube (type II verb)
		1st singular	2nd singular	3rd singular		1st plural	2nd plural	3rd plural
				m	f
perfective	V-affirmative	ruubéh	ruubtéh	ruubéh	ruubtéh	ruubnéh	ruubteeníh	ruubeeníh
	N-affirmative	ruubé	ruubté	ruubé	ruubté	ruubné	ruubtén	ruubén
	negative	máruubinniyo	máruubinnito	máruubinna	máruubinna	máruubinnino	máruubinniton	máruubinnon
imperfective	V-affirmative	ruubáh	ruubtáh	ruubáh	ruubtáh	ruubnáh	ruubtaanáh	ruubaanáh
	N-affirmative	ruubá	ruubtá	ruubá	ruubtá	ruubná	ruubtán	ruubán
	negative	máruuba	máruubta	máruuba	máruubta	máruubna	máruubtan	máruuban
prospective	V-affirmative	ruubéliyoh ruubéyyoh	ruubélitoh ruubéttoh	ruubéleh	ruubéleh	ruubélinoh ruubénnoh	ruubélitoonuh ruubéttoonuh	ruubéloonuh
	N-affirmative	ruubéliyo ruubéyyo	ruubélito ruubétto	ruubéle	ruubéle	ruubélino ruubénno	ruubéliton ruubétton	ruubélon
conjunctive I	V-affirmative	rúubuh	rúubtuh	rúubuh	rúubtuh	rúubuh	ruubtóonuh	ruubóonuh
	N-affirmative	rúubu	rúubtu	rúubu	rúubtu	rúubu	ruubtón	ruubón
	negative	ruubé wáyuh	ruubé wáytuh	ruubé wáyuh	ruubé wáytuh	ruubé wáynuh	ruubé waytóonuh	ruubé wóonuh
conjunctive II	V-affirmative	ruubánkeh	ruubtánkeh	ruubánkeh	ruubtánkeh	ruubnánkeh	ruubtaanánkeh	ruubaanánkeh
	N-affirmative	ruubánke	ruubtánke	ruubánke	ruubtánke	ruubnánke	ruubtaanánke	ruubaanánke
	negative	ruubé wáankeh	ruubé waytánkeh	ruubé wáankeh	ruubé waytánkeh	ruubé waynánkeh	ruubé waytaanánkeh	ruubé wáankeh
jussive	affirmative	rúubay	rúubtay	rúubay	rúubtay	rúubay	ruubtóonay	ruubóonay
	negative	ruubé wáay	ruubé wáytay	ruubé wáay	ruubé wáytay	ruubé wáynay	ruubé waytóonay	ruubé wóonay
past conditional	affirmative	ruubinniyóy	ruubinnitóy	ruubinnáy	ruubinnáy	ruubinninóy	ruubinnitoonúy	ruubinnoonúy
	negative	ruubé wanniyóy	ruubé wannitóy	ruubé wannáy	ruubé wannáy	ruubé wanninóy	ruubé wannitoonúy	ruubé wanninoonúy
present conditional I	affirmative	ruubék	ruubték	ruubék	ruubték	ruubnék	ruubteeník	ruubeeník
	negative	ruubé wéek	ruubé wayték	ruubé wéek	ruubé wayték	ruubé waynék	ruubé wayteeník	ruubé weeník
		singular	plural			singular	plural
consultative	affirmative	ruubóo	ruubnóo	imperative	affirmative	rúb	rúba
	negative	maruubóo	maruubnóo		negative	máruubin	máruubina
-h converb	-i form	-k converb	-in(n)uh converb	-innuk converb	infinitive	indefinite participle
						V-focus	N-focus
rúubah	rúubi	rúubak	ruubínnuh	ruubínnuk	ruubíyya	ruubináanih	ruubináan
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 ruubé + imperfective of wée + -m + takké perfect potential affirmative perfective + -m + takké negative ruubé + perfective of wée + -m + takké present conditional II affirmative imperfective + object pronoun + tekkék negative ruubé + perfective of wée + object pronoun + tekkék perfect conditional affirmative perfective + imperfective of sugé + -k negative perfective + sugé + imperfective of wée -k irrealis ruubé + perfective of xaaxé or raaré

References

• E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “ruube”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN