Tamazight Nouns
Learning the Tamazight Nouns 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 Nouns is in the structure of the grammar in Tamazight.
Tamazight nouns are words used to name a person, animal, place, thing, or abstract ideas. Nouns are usually the most important part of vocabulary. Here are some examples:
| English Nouns | Tamazight Nouns |
| my car | tamoubil niw |
| green car | tamobil izgzawn |
| three cars | krat tamobilat |
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| outside the car | brra n tamobil |
As you can see from the example above, the structure of the Nouns in Tamazight has a logical pattern. Locate the Nouns above and see how it works with the rest of the sentence in Berber.
List of Nouns in Tamazight
Below is a list of the Nouns and Words in Tamazight placed in a table. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Tamazight vocabulary.
| English Nouns | Tamazight Nouns |
| arm | afous |
| back | dhar |
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| chest | idmarn |
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| ear | imzgan |
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| eye | titt |
| face | oudm |
| finger | adad |
| fingers | idoudan |
| foot | adar idarn(plur) |
| hair | achakka |
| hand | afous |
| head | ikhf - agayyou |
| heart | oul |
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| leg | adar idarn(plur) |
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| mouth | imi - aqqmmou |
| neck | amggerd |
| nose | tinkhar |
| teeth | ikhsaan |
| thumb | gmz |
| toe | adad |
| tongue | ils |
| tooth | akhs |
Nouns and Words have a very important role in Tamazight, therefore they need very special attention. Once you're done with the Berber Nouns, you might want to check the rest of our Tamazight lessons here: Learn Tamazight. Don't forget to bookmark this page.