If you're trying to learn Tamazight Prepositions which is also called Berber, check our courses about time and place prepositions and and demonstrative pronouns... 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 Prepositions 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 Prepositions is in the structure of the grammar in Tamazight.
Tamazight prepositions link nouns, pronouns and phrases to other words in a sentence. The word or phrase that the preposition introduces is called the object of the preposition. Here are some examples:
| English Prepositions | Tamazight Prepositions |
|---|---|
| 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 |
Notice the structure of the Prepositions in Tamazight.
Below is a list of the Time place and demonstrative pronouns in Tamazight placed in a table. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Tamazight vocabulary.
| English Prepositions | Tamazight Prepositions |
|---|---|
| above | iggi |
| after | kodnna |
| among | graatsn |
| behind | tigherdin |
| beside | tamaans |
| between | graatsn |
| but | mich |
| down | izdaar |
| in | agens |
| inside | agens |
| near | tamaans |
| of | win |
| on | iggi |
| since | achkou |
| to | ar |
| toward | s |
| under | ddo |
| until | ar |
| up | iggi |
| with | d |
| because of | achkou |
| far from | yaggougn 7 |
| inside of | agens n |
| instead of | 7lblast n |
| near to | iqqerrb i |
| outside of | berra n |
| demonstrative pronouns | |
| this | ghghad (m) khttad (f) |
| that | ghghaan (m) khttaan (f) |
| these | ghghid (m) khttid (f) |
| those | ghghiin (m) khttiin(f) |
Time place and demonstrative pronouns have a very important role in Tamazight. Once you're done with the Berber Prepositions, 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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