If you're trying to learn Tamazight Negation which is also called Berber, check our courses about Negation and negative expressions... 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 Negation 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 Negation is in the structure of the grammar in Tamazight.
Tamazight negation is the process that turns an affirmative statement (I am happy) into its opposite denial (I am not happy). Here are some examples:
| English Negation | Tamazight Negation |
|---|---|
| Negation | |
| he is not here | ourilla ghid |
| that is not my book | ourd lktab niw aynna |
| do not enter | addour tekchemt |
Notice the structure of the Negation in Tamazight.
Below is a list of the Negation and negative expressions in Tamazight placed in a table. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Tamazight vocabulary.
| English Negation | Tamazight Negation |
|---|---|
| I don't speak | ourar sawal7 |
| I don't write | ourar ttara7 |
| I don't drive | ourar ttsoug7 |
| I don't love | ourar ttiri7 |
| I don't give | ourar akka7 |
| I don't take | ourar ttasi7 |
| he doesn't speak | ourar isawal |
| he doesn't write | ourar ittara |
| he doesn't drive | ourar ittsoug |
| he doesn't love | ourar ittiri |
| he doesn't give | ourar yakka |
| he doesn't take | ourar ittasi |
| we don't speak | ourar nsawal |
| we don't write | ourar nttara |
| we don't drive | ourar nttsoug |
| we don't love | ourar nttiri |
| we don't give | ourar nakka |
| we don't take | ourar nttasi |
Negation and negative expressions have a very important role in Tamazight. Once you're done with the Berber Negation, 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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