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11. Time adverbs

Place an action in time: yesterday, today, tomorrow, always, never.

Kabyle time adverbs are simple and usually invariable. They can appear at the start or end of a sentence.

11.1. The past

KabyleEnglish
iḍelli
yesterday
ilindi
last year
zik
a long time ago
leɛmeṛ
never (in the past)

11.2. The present

KabyleEnglish
ass-a
today
tura
now
dima
always
yerna
moreover

11.3. The future

KabyleEnglish
azekka
tomorrow
ussan-a
these days
melmi
when (future)

11.4. Examples

Iḍelli ddiɣ ɣer ssuq.
Yesterday I went to the market.
Ass-a tura ad xedmeɣ.
Today, now, I will work.
Azekka ad nruḥ ɣer wexxam.
Tomorrow we will go home.

Practice

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  1. Ad yewwet azekka udeffel.

  2. Texdem-d Marie tiɣṛifin ass-a.

  3. Ass-a ṛuḥeɣ ar usalay.

  4. Ɛeddi kečči hḍeṛ-as tura.

  5. Nṛuḥ ssbeḥ zik ass-a.

  6. Melmi i txedmeḍ annect-a?

  7. Melmi i txedmeḍ akka?

  8. Tura kan i helkeɣ.

  9. Timzizzelt ad tekfu azekka

  10. Anida ara neddu tura?

  11. Sliɣ-as imi t-id-yenna iḍelli.

  12. Iḍelli nella deg urti-nwen.

  13. Ur tɛum ara ass-a.

  14. Ur nɛum ara ass-a.

  15. Ur ɛumen ara ass-a.

  16. Ur ɛument ara ass-a.

  17. Ad lemdeɣ tafransist tura.

  18. Ad as-d-fkeɣ adlis-nni azekka.

  19. Zik ttaruɣ s rrica.

  20. I wacu-t tura wagi?

  21. Tura εreḍ ad tegneḍ.

  22. Mačči d asemmiḍ ass-a.

  23. Ẓriɣ yiwen seg-sen iḍelli.

  24. Ẓewreɣ dima deg tusnakt.

  25. Wid iɣaben dima ḍelmen.

  26. Azekka ad d-qqleɣ zik.

  27. Baba yessirid dima iqbac.

  28. Kfan imuras tura, dayen.

  29. Tura attan deg usensu.

  30. Tella trezzu-d fell-i dima.

  31. Ass-agi lliɣ azekka wissen.

  32. Ass-a ara yezweǧ Kan.

  33. Tura temɣur yerna tetεeqqel.

  34. Melmi ara d-yili waya?

  35. Azekka ad ɣreɣ aṭas.

  36. Iḍelli, qimeɣ deg uxxam-is.

  37. Teḥṣiḍ melmi ara d-yuɣal?

  38. Teẓriḍ melmi ara d-yuɣal?

  39. Ččureɣ d leqdic ass-a.

  40. Ur ẓriɣ melmi tezweǧ.

  41. Taddart mačči am zik.

  42. Ansuf yess-k melmi tebɣiḍ.

  43. Mačči d tin zik.

  44. Ilindi yuɣ-itt, aseggas-a yebra-as.

  45. Azekka ad iliɣ din.

  46. Tura kan i yebda.

  47. Tura kan i tebda.

  48. Tura aql-i ɣuṛ-i tikti-nniḍen.

  49. Tura dɣa ifut lawan.

  50. Tecbeḥ nezzeh Leïla ass-a!

  51. Azekka ruḥet ar dina!

  52. Azekka ruḥemt ar dina!

  53. Azekka ruḥ ar dina!

  54. Stehzayen dima s medden.

  55. Melmi ad fukkent cḍeḥ?

  56. Anda i yezdeɣ tura?

  57. Send iḍelli i d-yuɣal.

  58. Melmi kan i tt-id-mlaleɣ.

  59. Melmi kan i t-id-mlalen.

  60. Melmi i tlul Tiziri?

Practice exercises

1. What does 'iḍelli' mean?

2. How do you say 'now'?

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