seece

Afar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /seːˈħe/, [seːˈħɛ]
• Hyphenation: see‧ce

Verb

seecé (passive seecimé)

1. (transitive) call
2. (transitive) invite

Conjugation

Conjugation of seece (type II verb)
		1st singular	2nd singular	3rd singular		1st plural	2nd plural	3rd plural
				m	f
perfective	V-affirmative	seecéh	seectéh	seecéh	seectéh	seecnéh	seecteeníh	seeceeníh
	N-affirmative	seecé	seecté	seecé	seecté	seecné	seectén	seecén
	negative	máseecinniyo	máseecinnito	máseecinna	máseecinna	máseecinnino	máseecinniton	máseecinnon
imperfective	V-affirmative	seecáh	seectáh	seecáh	seectáh	seecnáh	seectaanáh	seecaanáh
	N-affirmative	seecá	seectá	seecá	seectá	seecná	seectán	seecán
	negative	máseeca	máseecta	máseeca	máseecta	máseecna	máseectan	máseecan
prospective	V-affirmative	seecéliyoh seecéyyoh	seecélitoh seecéttoh	seecéleh	seecéleh	seecélinoh seecénnoh	seecélitoonuh seecéttoonuh	seecéloonuh
	N-affirmative	seecéliyo seecéyyo	seecélito seecétto	seecéle	seecéle	seecélino seecénno	seecéliton seecétton	seecélon
conjunctive I	V-affirmative	séecuh	séectuh	séecuh	séectuh	séecuh	seectóonuh	seecóonuh
	N-affirmative	séecu	séectu	séecu	séectu	séecu	seectón	seecón
	negative	seecé wáyuh	seecé wáytuh	seecé wáyuh	seecé wáytuh	seecé wáynuh	seecé waytóonuh	seecé wóonuh
conjunctive II	V-affirmative	seecánkeh	seectánkeh	seecánkeh	seectánkeh	seecnánkeh	seectaanánkeh	seecaanánkeh
	N-affirmative	seecánke	seectánke	seecánke	seectánke	seecnánke	seectaanánke	seecaanánke
	negative	seecé wáankeh	seecé waytánkeh	seecé wáankeh	seecé waytánkeh	seecé waynánkeh	seecé waytaanánkeh	seecé wáankeh
jussive	affirmative	séecay	séectay	séecay	séectay	séecay	seectóonay	seecóonay
	negative	seecé wáay	seecé wáytay	seecé wáay	seecé wáytay	seecé wáynay	seecé waytóonay	seecé wóonay
past conditional	affirmative	seecinniyóy	seecinnitóy	seecinnáy	seecinnáy	seecinninóy	seecinnitoonúy	seecinnoonúy
	negative	seecé wanniyóy	seecé wannitóy	seecé wannáy	seecé wannáy	seecé wanninóy	seecé wannitoonúy	seecé wanninoonúy
present conditional I	affirmative	seecék	seecték	seecék	seecték	seecnék	seecteeník	seeceeník
	negative	seecé wéek	seecé wayték	seecé wéek	seecé wayték	seecé waynék	seecé wayteeník	seecé weeník
		singular	plural			singular	plural
consultative	affirmative	seecóo	seecnóo	imperative	affirmative	séec	séeca
	negative	maseecóo	maseecnóo		negative	máseecin	máseecina
-h converb	-i form	-k converb	-in(n)uh converb	-innuk converb	infinitive	indefinite participle
						V-focus	N-focus
séecah	séeci	séecak	seecínnuh	seecínnuk	seecíyya	seecináanih	seecináan
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 seecé + imperfective of wée + -m + takké perfect potential affirmative perfective + -m + takké negative seecé + perfective of wée + -m + takké present conditional II affirmative imperfective + object pronoun + tekkék negative seecé + perfective of wée + object pronoun + tekkék perfect conditional affirmative perfective + imperfective of sugé + -k negative perfective + sugé + imperfective of wée -k irrealis seecé + perfective of xaaxé or raaré

References

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