If you're trying to learn Tamazight Articles which is also called Berber, check our courses about Definite and Indefinite Articles... 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 Articles 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 Articles is in the structure of the grammar in Tamazight.
Tamazight articles are words that combine with a noun to indicate the type of reference being made by the noun. Generally articles specify the grammatical definiteness of the noun. Examples are "the, a, and an". Here are some examples:
| English Articles | Tamazight Articles |
|---|---|
| articles | |
| the | there are no definite articles in tamazight |
| a | yan |
| one | yan |
| some | mnnaw |
| the book | lktaab |
| the books | kran lktouba |
| a book | yan lktaab |
| one book | yan lktaab |
| some books | mnnaw lktouba |
| few books | yan mnnaw lktouba |
Notice the structure of the Articles in Tamazight.
Below is a list of vocabulary where you can use the Definite and Indefinite Articles in Tamazight. Try to practice but also memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Tamazight vocabulary.
| English Vocabulary | Tamazight Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| Food | |
| bread | aghroum |
| breakfast | lfdour |
| butter | toudit |
| candy | l7lwa |
| cheese | lfrmaj |
| chicken | afoullous ifoullousn(plur) |
| dessert | disir |
| dinner | imnsi |
| fish | aslm islman(plur) |
| fruit | lfakit |
| lamb | tifyya nizimr |
| lemon | lhamd |
| lunch | imekli |
| meal | tirmt |
| meat | tifya |
| oven | tafarnout (wood burning oven) afrran (oven) |
| pepper | tififlt ihrran |
| salad | chlada |
| salt | tisnt |
| soup | azkkif |
| sugar | skkar |
| turkey | bibi |
| apple | tatffaht |
| banana | talbanant |
| oranges | tallimount |
| peaches | talkhoukht |
| grapes | adiil |
| vegetables | lkhdart |
| carrot | khizzou |
| corn | isengarn |
| cucumber | lkhyar |
| garlic | tiskert |
| lettuce | lkhs |
| olives | zitoun |
| onions | azalim |
| peppers | tififlt ihrran |
| potatoes | batata |
| pumpkin | takhsayt |
| beans | ibawn |
| tomatoes | amatach |
Definite and Indefinite Articles have a very important role in Tamazight. Once you're done with the Berber Articles, 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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