If you're trying to learn Tamazight Verbs which is also called Berber, check our courses about Verbs in the present past and future tense... 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 Verbs 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 Verbs is in the structure of the grammar in Tamazight.
Tamazight verbs are words that convey action (bring, read, walk, run), or a state of being (exist, stand). In most languages a verb may agree with the person, gender, and/or number of some of its arguments, such as its subject, or object. Here are some examples:
| English Verbs | Tamazight Verbs |
|---|---|
| Verbs | |
| Past | |
| I spoke | sawlh |
| I wrote | araa7 |
| I drove | soug7 |
| I loved | 7obba7 |
| I gave | fkii7 |
| I took | osii7 |
| he spoke | isaawl |
| he wrote | yaraa |
| he drove | isoug |
| he loved | i7oubba |
| he gave | ifkaa |
| he took | yousii |
| we spoke | nsaawl |
| we wrote | naraa |
| we drove | nsoug |
| we loved | n7oubba |
| we gave | nefkaa |
| we took | nosii |
| Future | |
| I will speak | rad sawl7 |
| I will write | rad ara7 |
| I will drive | rad soug7 |
| I will love | rad 7oubbo7 |
| I will give | rad fke7 |
| I will take | rad asii7 |
| he will speak | rad isawl |
| he will write | rad yara |
| he will drive | rad isoug |
| he will love | rad i7oubbo |
| he will give | rad ifk |
| he will take | rad yasi |
| we will speak | ran sawl |
| we will write | ran ara |
| we will drive | ran soug |
| we will love | ran 7oubbo |
| we will give | ran fk |
| we will take | ran asi |
| Present | |
| I speak | arsawal7 |
| I write | arttara7 |
| I drive | artsoug7 |
| I love | arttiri7 |
| I give | arakka7 |
| I take | arttasi7 |
| he speaks | arisawal |
| he writes | arittara |
| he drives | arittsoug |
| he loves | arittiri |
| he gives | aryakka |
| he takes | arittasi |
| we speak | arnsawal |
| we write | arnttara |
| we drive | arnttsoug |
| we love | arnttiri |
| we give | arnakka |
| we take | arnttasi |
Notice the structure of the Verbs in Tamazight.
Below is a list of the conjugated Verbs in the present past and future in Tamazight placed in a table. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Tamazight vocabulary.
| English Verbs | Tamazight Verbs |
|---|---|
| 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 |
Verbs in the present past and future tense have a very important role in Tamazight. Once you're done with the Berber Verbs, 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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