If you're trying to learn Berber Prepositions you will find some useful resources including a course about time and place prepositions and and demonstrative pronouns... to help you with your Berber grammar. Try to concentrate on the lesson and notice the pattern that occurs each time the word changes its place. Also don't forget to check the rest of our other lessons listed on Learn Berber. Enjoy the rest of the lesson!
Learning the Berber Prepositions is very important because its structure is used in every day conversation. The more you master it the more you get closer to mastering the Berber language. But first we need to know what the role of Prepositions is in the structure of the grammar in Berber.
Berber prepositions link nouns, pronouns and phrases to other words in a sentence. The word or phrase that the preposition introduces is called the object of the preposition. Here are some examples:
| English Prepositions | Berber Prepositions |
|---|---|
| Prepositions | حروف الجر |
| inside the house | itittarte - داخل المنزل |
| outside the car | barra natomobil - خارج السيارة |
| with me | aghtnatshe - معي |
| without him | bla natta - بدونه |
| under the table | swattaye nattablate - تحت الطاولة |
| after tomorrow | ayatsha - بعد غد |
| before sunset | قبل الغروب |
| but I'm busy | ولكن أنا مشغول |
Notice the structure of the Prepositions in Berber.
Below is a list of the Time place and demonstrative pronouns in Berber placed in a table. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Berber vocabulary.
| English Prepositions | Berber Prepositions |
|---|---|
| about | sis - حول |
| above | soujanna - فوق |
| across | sas - عبر |
| after | al - بعد |
| against | da - ضد |
| among | awyane - بين |
| around | sis - حول |
| as | ammane - كما |
| at | i - في |
| before | daffare - قبل |
| behind | daffare - وراء |
| below | swattaye n - أقل من |
| beneath | swattaye - تحت |
| beside | sydisse - بجانب |
| between | bine - بين |
| beyond | daffare - وراء |
| but | nikhe - لكن |
| by | si daffare - من قبل |
| despite | sbassife - على الرغم من |
| down | swattaye - أسفل |
| during | bine - خلال |
| except | al - إلا |
| for | al - إلى |
| from | si - من |
| in | i - في |
| inside | ijaj - داخل |
| into | al - إلى |
| near | idisse - قرب |
| next | illane dafrasse - التالي |
| of | si - من |
| on | i - في |
| opposite | idrane - معاكس |
| out | sbarra - خارج |
| outside | sbarra - خارج |
| over | o - خلال |
| per | ichradidjane - لكل |
| plus | izaide - زائد |
| round | tourny - جولة |
| since | si - منذ |
| than | si - من |
| through | si nasse - من خلال |
| till | almy - حتى |
| to | almy - إلى |
| toward | l - نحو |
| under | swattaye - تحت |
| unlike | si quidrane - على عكس |
| until | al - حتى |
| up | soujanna - فوق |
| via | s' - بواسطة |
| with | agde - مع |
| within | ijaje - ضمن |
| without | bla - بدون |
| two words | sante nwawale - كلمتين |
| according to | slahssabe nasse - بحسب |
| because of | sisashe - بسبب |
| close to | ikidisse n' - قريبة من |
| due to | sizashe - بسبب |
| except for | kasse zisse - باستثناء |
| far from | ibaade - بعيد عن |
| inside of | ijaje - داخل |
| instead of | بدلا من |
| near to | swattawe n' - بالقرب من |
| next to | daye da - قرب |
| outside of | sbarra - خارج |
| prior to | kbal - قبل |
| three words | ثلاث كلمات |
| as far as | slkdar n' - بقدر ما |
| as well as | ishnou - وكذلك |
| in addition to | zaydasse - بالإضافة إلى |
| in front of | zzasse - أمام |
| in spite of | sbassife khfasse - على الرغم من |
| on behalf of | sa smayate - باسم |
| on top of | soujanna - فوق |
| demonstrative pronouns | برهانية حروف الجر |
| this | ayane - هذا |
| that | ad - أن |
| these | itnine - هؤلاء |
| those | intnine - هؤلاء |
Time place and demonstrative pronouns have a very important role in Berber. Once you're done with the Tamazight Prepositions, you might want to check the rest of our Berber lessons here: Learn Berber. Don't forget to bookmark this page.
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