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Learning the Berber 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 Berber language. But first we need to know what the role of Articles is in the structure of the grammar in Berber.
Berber 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 | Berber Articles |
|---|---|
| articles | مقالات |
| the | ال |
| a | no equivalent in arabic |
| one | irjane - واحد |
| some | afouhe - بعض |
| few | afouhe - قليل |
| the book | laktabe - الكتاب |
| the books | laktouba - الكتب |
| a book | ayane naktabe - كتاب |
| one book | idjane naktabe - كتاب واحد |
| some books | afouhe naktouba - بعض الكتب |
| few books | القليل من الكتب |
Notice the structure of the Articles in Berber.
Below is a list of vocabulary where you can use the Definite and Indefinite Articles in Berber. Try to practice but also memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Berber vocabulary.
| English Vocabulary | Berber Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| Food | lmaklate - غذاء |
| almonds | louze - لوز |
| bread | agroume - خبز |
| breakfast | lafdoure - إفطار |
| butter | tloussi - زبدة |
| candy | lhalwa - حلوى |
| cheese | lajbane - جبن |
| chicken | tyazite - دجاج |
| cumin | kammoune - كمون |
| dessert | lhalwa - حلوى |
| dinner | amanssi - عشاء |
| fish | isalmane - سمك |
| fruit | فاكهة |
| ice cream | laglace - الآيس كريم |
| lamb | oufrishe - خروف |
| lemon | latshine - ليمون |
| lunch | lafdoure - غداء |
| meal | moulou - وجبة |
| meat | takattite - لحم |
| oven | afarane - فرن |
| pepper | tifalfalte - فلفل |
| plants | نباتات |
| pork | takattite nouhalloufe - لحم خنزير |
| salad | sladate - سلطة |
| salt | tissante - ملح |
| sandwich | sandwishe - شطيرة |
| sausage | سجق |
| soup | lasauce - حساء |
| sugar | soukkare - سكر |
| supper | amansy - عشاء |
| turkey | tyazite - ديك رومى |
| apple | taffahe - تفاحة |
| banana | lbanane - موز |
| oranges | latshine - برتقال |
| peaches | lkhoukhe - خوخ |
| peanut | ibawane - الفول السوداني |
| pears | كمثرى |
| pineapple | ananansse - أناناس |
| grapes | adile - عنب |
| strawberries | toute - فراولة |
| vegetables | lkhoudarte - خضروات |
| carrot | zroudiya - جزر |
| corn | dra - ذرة |
| cucumber | lakhiyare - خيار |
| garlic | touma - ثوم |
| lettuce | lkhasse - خس |
| olives | zitoune - زيتون |
| onions | labsale - بصل |
| peppers | tifalfalte - الفلفل |
| potatoes | batata - البطاطس |
| pumpkin | اليقطين |
| beans | فاصوليا |
| tomatoes | tmatichte - طماطم |
Definite and Indefinite Articles have a very important role in Berber. Once you're done with the Tamazight Articles, you might want to check the rest of our Berber lessons here: Learn Berber. Don't forget to bookmark this page.
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