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Learning the Berber Adjectives 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 Adjectives is in the structure of the grammar in Berber.
Berber Adjectives are words that describe or modify another person or thing in the sentence. Here are some examples:
| English Adjectives | Berber Adjectives |
|---|---|
| adjectives | صفات |
| a green tree | shajrate tadalte - شجرة خضراء |
| a tall building | alimarate ialane - مبنى طويل القامة |
| a very old man | argaze awassare - رجل كبير جدا |
| the old red house | tittarte tazaguagte takdimte - البيت القديم أحمر |
| a very nice friend | amattukale ousbihe - صديق لطيف جدا |
Notice the structure of the Adjectives in Berber.
Below is a list of the Adjectives, Colors, Shapes, Sizes in Berber placed in a table. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Berber vocabulary.
| English Adjectives | Berber Adjectives |
|---|---|
| colors | louane - الوان |
| black | abarshane - أسود |
| blue | ashahmiye - أزرق |
| brown | akahwaye - بني |
| gray | dighidaye - رمادي |
| green | adale - أخضر |
| orange | alatshinaye - برتقالي |
| purple | بنفسجي |
| red | azouguaghe - أحمر |
| white | amallale - أبيض |
| yellow | awraghe - أصفر |
| sizes | أحجام |
| big | damakrane - كبير |
| deep | ighrake - عميق |
| long | dazirar - طويل |
| narrow | idyake - ضيق |
| short | dasharnounaye - قصير |
| small | damaziane - صغير |
| tall | dazirar - طويل |
| thick | ikwa - سميك |
| thin | dazdade - رقيق |
| wide | iwsaa - واسع |
| shapes | shkale - أشكال |
| circular | idware - دائري |
| straight | ishnou - مستقيم |
| square | lmrabae - مربع |
| triangular | mtallate - ثلاثي |
| tastes | douke - أذواق |
| bitter | ismoumaye - مرير- مر |
| fresh | طازج |
| salty | idraye - مالح |
| sour | ihmade - حامض |
| spicy | iharre - حار |
| sweet | ihla - حلو |
| qualities | صفات |
| bad | doulyishe - سيئ |
| clean | inka - نظيف |
| dark | idlame - ظلام |
| difficult | iaawasse - صعب |
| dirty | doulushe kbala - قذر |
| dry | ijaffe - جاف |
| easy | sahale - سهل |
| empty | ikhwa - فارغ |
| expensive | ighla - غالي |
| fast | سريع |
| foreign | albarrani - أجنبي |
| full | ikammale - كامل |
| good | dousbihe - جيد |
| hard | iaawasse - صعب |
| heavy | izaye - ثقيل |
| inexpensive | irkha - غير مكلف |
| light | idwa - ضوء |
| local | nda - محلي |
| new | dajdide - جديد |
| noisy | khireallah - صاخبة |
| old | dakdime - قديم |
| powerful | ikwa - قوي |
| quiet | ihda - هادئ |
| correct | nassahe - صحيح |
| slow | izaye - بطيء |
| soft | irtabe - ناعم |
| very | khireallah - جدا |
| weak | dazdade - ضعيف |
| wet | irtabe - رطب |
| wrong | ighlate - خاطئ |
| young | aazraye - شاب |
| quantities | laabare - كميات |
| few | afouhe - قليل |
| little | daye afouhe - القليل |
| many | khirellah - كثير |
| much | khirellah - كثيرا |
| part | afouhe - جزء |
| some | afouhe - بعض |
| a few | afouhe - بضعة |
| whole | koulshy - كامل |
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