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Learning the Tamazight Phrases 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 Phrases is in the structure of the grammar in Tamazight.
Tamazight phrases are a group of words functioning as a single unit in the syntax of a sentence. Here are some examples:
| English Phrases | Tamazight Phrases |
|---|---|
| Phrases | |
| hello | azoul |
| bye | akki3awn rbbi |
| sorry | saam7i |
Notice the structure of the Phrases in Tamazight.
Below is a list of the phrases and daily expressions in Tamazight placed in a table. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Tamazight vocabulary.
| English Phrases | Tamazight Phrases |
|---|---|
| I speak | arsawalh |
| you speak | arsawalt |
| he speaks | arisawal |
| she speaks | artsawal |
| we speak | arnsawal |
| they speak | arsawaln |
| give me | fki |
| give you | adak fk7 |
| give him | adas fk7 |
| give her | adas fk7 |
| give us | ada7 fk7 |
| give them | adasn fk7 |
| my book | lktab niw |
| your book | lkktab nk |
| his book | lktab ns |
| her book | lktab ns |
| our book | lktab n7 |
| their book | lktab nsn |
| Plural | |
| my book | yan lktab |
| my books | lktouba |
| our daughter | illitn7 - tafrought n7 |
| our daughters | issti7 - tiferrkhin n7 |
| I'm cold | yaghi asmmid |
| we're cold | yagha7 ousmmid |
| his chickens | ifoullousn ns |
| their chicken | afoullous n7 |
| he is happy | ifaaar7 |
| she is happy | tfaaar7 |
| he is American | iga amirikaniy |
| she is American | tga tamirikaniyt |
| I can accept that | orimkn adqqbl7 mayan |
| she added it | han tzoydstn khtnna |
| they advised him | han nas7ant |
| I can agree with that | imkn adqqbel7 mayna |
| I can apologize | isimkn ad dalb7 lmosami7a |
| she appears today | rad tbiyn ghassad |
| I can arrive tomorrow | rad qqoddo7 an lkm7 azkka |
| she can ask him | ratqqoddo at tsaqqsa |
| we attack them | nhjemn fllasn |
| I can bake it | rad qqoddo7 attssnou7 |
| she is like him | khttnna terwaast |
| we beat it | nchaas takourayt |
| I can begin that | rad qqoddo7 ad bdou7 mayan |
| we borrowed money | nerdeld kran takka |
| I can bring it | rad qqoddo7 azd awi7 |
| I can build that | rad qqoddo7 ast bno7 |
| she buys food | artssagh oudchan |
| they carry it | ousint |
| they don't cheat | orartghachachn |
| she chooses him | nttat atisougln |
| we close it | nqqent |
| he comes here | youchkad s ghid |
| they continued reading | kemeln tighri |
| I can decide now | rad qrrir7 ghilad |
| we disagree about it | ourdnttouchka 7 mayad |
| they disappeared quickly | laa7t s yan ddour |
| she dislikes that | oute7ml maayna |
| we do it | artensakaar |
| they dream about it | wwargaan sers |
| I earned | smoun7 |
| he eats a lot | ar baahra ichtta |
| they entered here | kchemnd s ghid |
| we fled from there | nrourd ghghinna |
| they will fly tomorrow | rad ssoudoun tyyara azkka |
| I can follow you | hayyi tab3aa7k |
| she forgot me | t'ttoooyi |
| we forgive him | nsaaam7ak |
| I can give her that | rad qqoddo7 adasfk7 mayan |
| she goes there | artzzigiz ghin |
| we greeted them | nssallamn fllasn |
| I hate that | our7mil7 maynna |
| I can hear it | aras seflid7 |
| we invited them | neghraasn ad daren7 achkin |
| I know him | ssen7t |
| we leave now | randdou ghilad |
| they lied about him | skherdn flla7 |
| I can listen to that | imkn asflid7 imayan |
| she lost that | tjla mayan |
| we made it yesterday | neskert idgam |
| they met him | nmaggarn dids |
| I always pray | arbedda tzalla7 |
| I can put it there | imkn astin sers7 ghin |
| she will read it | ras t'tgher |
| they refuse to talk | orran adsaawln |
| I remember that | kti7d mayan |
| she repeats that | artt3awwad mayan |
| we see it | arten zzra |
| they sell it | art zzenzan |
| I sent that yesterday | ssafd7en mayan idgam |
| he shaved his beard | ikkis tamart |
| we will sing it | rasten ttirir |
| they sat there | skkousn ghin |
| I can speak it | rad qqoddo7 astsawal7 |
| she spends money | artsekhsar takka |
| she took that | tousi mayan |
| we teach it | artenssaqqra |
| they told us | nnana7 |
| she threw it | tlou7tn |
| they want that | raan mayan |
| I can wear it | rastles7 |
| she writes that | taara mayan |
| we talk about it | arfllas nsawal |
| they have it | ttafnt |
| I watched it | zrii7t |
| I will talk about it | rafllas saawl7 |
| he bought that yesterday | isghaad mayan idgam |
| we finished it | nekammalt |
| Prepositions | |
| inside the house | agens n tigmmi |
| outside the car | berra n ttamoubil |
| with me | illa didye |
| without him | blaanns |
| under the table | ddo tblaa |
| after tomorrow | nafaazn |
| before sunset | qbl tiwwoudch |
| but I'm busy | mich han oursaalaa7 |
Phrases and daily expressions have a very important role in Tamazight. Once you're done with the Berber Phrases, 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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