If you're trying to learn Tamazight Adjectives which is also called Berber, check our courses about Adjectives, Colors, Shapes, Sizes... to help you with your Tamazight 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 Tamazight. Enjoy the rest of the lesson!
Learning the Tamazight Adjectives 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 Tamazight language. But first we need to know what the role of Adjectives is in the structure of the grammar in Tamazight.
Tamazight Adjectives are words that describe or modify another person or thing in the sentence. Here are some examples:
| English Adjectives | Tamazight Adjectives |
|---|---|
| adjectives | |
| a green tree | tachjart tazgzawt |
| a tall building | tigmi imqourn |
| a very old man | afqqir |
| a very nice friend | amddakl n lmlih |
Notice the structure of the Adjectives in Tamazight.
Below is a list of the Adjectives, Colors, Shapes, Sizes in Tamazight placed in a table. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Tamazight vocabulary.
| English Adjectives | Tamazight Adjectives |
|---|---|
| colors | |
| black | ibrran |
| blue | azrqiy |
| green | azgzaw |
| red | azggar |
| white | imlloul |
| yellow | asfriy |
| sizes | |
| big | imqqour |
| long | imqqour |
| narrow | idiyq |
| short | igzzal |
| small | imzziy |
| tall | irzzif |
| thick | idni |
| thin | isdiid |
| wide | yous3a |
| shapes | |
| circular | iberrm |
| straight | ingadda |
| bitter | ismmoum |
| salty | tgoutas tisnt |
| sour | ihamd |
| sweet | t'hlou |
| qualities | |
| bad | ikhchn |
| clean | inqqi |
| dark | illas |
| difficult | ichqqa |
| dirty | yousekh |
| dry | izwa |
| easy | irkha |
| empty | ikhwa |
| expensive | ighla |
| fast | iserbi |
| foreign | abrraniy |
| full | i3amr |
| good | ichwa |
| hard | ichqqa |
| heavy | izzay |
| inexpensive | irekhs |
| ifssous | |
| old | person : afqqir tafqqirt(f) |
| slow | izzay |
| soft | irtab |
| very | baahra |
| wet | ibezg |
| young | afrough |
| quantities | |
| few | imikk |
| little | imikk |
| many | mnnaw |
| much | bzzaf |
| some | imikk |
| a few | imikk |
| whole | kollot |
Adjectives, Colors, Shapes, Sizes have a very important role in Tamazight. Once you're done with the Berber Adjectives, you might want to check the rest of our Tamazight lessons here: Learn Tamazight. Don't forget to bookmark this page.
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