If you're trying to learn Tamazight Plural which is also called Berber, check our courses about Plural and Singular... 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 Plural 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 Plural is in the structure of the grammar in Tamazight.
Tamazight Plurals are grammatical numbers, typically referring to more than one of the referent in the real world. In the English language, singular and plural are the only grammatical numbers. Here are some examples:
| English Plural | Tamazight Plural |
|---|---|
| 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 |
Notice the structure of the Plural in Tamazight.
Below is a list of the Plurals and Singulars in Tamazight placed in a table. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Tamazight vocabulary.
| English Plural | Tamazight Plural |
|---|---|
| bird | agdid |
| birds | igdad |
| cat | amouch - tamouchat (fem) |
| cats | imouchiwn timouchatin |
| cow | tafounast |
| cows | tifounas |
| deer | oudad |
| many deer | oudadn |
| dog | aydi |
| dogs | iydan |
| donkey | aghyoul |
| donkeys | ighyal |
| eagle | lbaz |
| eagles | idlbaz |
| horse | aserdoun |
| horses | iserdan |
| lion | ifis |
| lions | id ifis |
| monkey | za3doud |
| monkeys | iza3dad |
| mouse | agherda |
| mice | igherdayn |
| rabbit | aqqlil |
| rabbits | iqqlal |
| snake | algmaad |
| snakes | ilgmaad |
| wolf | ouchn |
| wolves | id wouchn |
Plural and Singular have a very important role in Tamazight. Once you're done with the Berber Plural, 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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