15. Food and meals
Bread, water, milk, meat — words for eating and drinking.
Food vocabulary is concrete and immediately useful.
15.1. Basic foods
| Kabyle | English |
|---|---|
aɣrum | bread |
aman | water |
ayefki | milk |
aksum | meat |
tament | honey |
tisent | salt |
seksu | couscous |
15.2. Verbs
| Kabyle | English |
|---|---|
ečč | to eat |
sew | to drink |
fker | to have breakfast |
15.3. Examples
Practice
60 sentences · 451 matchesNečča azemmur s temtunt.
Sskeṛ ifessi deg aman.
Rnu aren ternut aman.
Ur tetten ara aksum.
Ayefki d tagella yelhan.
Aqli-iyi la d-ḥemmuɣ aman.
Aman n yisaffen luɣen.
Aseqqi-a ixuṣṣ deg tisent.
Aksum-a bnin yerna leqqaq.
Aman n lebḥer mellḥen.
Aksum-a uḥelluf yettwaɣ acemma.
Tzeggen tqerɛet d aman.
Aman ttazzalen ddaw tqenṭert.
Tugem-d aman seg wanu.
Seqqi-d, ternuḍ-iyi-d aksum ttxilem!
Iḥemmel ad yečč seksu.
Nezzuzur tisent i usizdeg.
Dayi ulac aman baṭel.
Ulac tudert mebla aman.
Ulac tudert war aman.
Aman n yilel merriɣit.
Aman n udfel zeddigit.
Aman n wasif luɣen.
Efk-as aman i Tom.
Ayefki axuxi, ayefki axuxi!
Ur d-ittaɣ ara ayefki.
Ur d-ittaɣ ara aksum.
Deg tegrest, ileqqeḍ azemmur.
Yelles aman s uḍar-is.
Aman yeswa d isemmaḍen.
Ur ttamen aman yeṭṭsen.
Ddellaε yeččur d aman.
Ineggez-d yislem seg aman.
Aman uɣalen d agris.
Aman-nni uɣalen d agris.
Ulac aman deg wanu.
Ulac aman deg lbir-nni.
Aɣrum yettmagga s yirden.
D aman ur nettwasaw!
Bɣiɣ ad sweɣ aman.
Ur swiɣ ara aman.
Aqjun-nni yeswa aman, iruḥ.
Aksum-nni yewwa akken ilaq.
Ijdi yekkawen, yettawi aman.
Rrmel yekkawen, yettawi aman.
Tanemmirt i d-yesrekmen aman-nni!
Nuǧǧew-d aksum seg Arjantin.
Awi-d aman deg ubidun.
Aɣrum atan ɣef ṭṭabla.
Aman n wasif umsen.
Aman n wassif mesxen.
Aksum, ma ulac aɣilif.
Ur ḥemmleɣ ara aksum.
Tugem-d aman seg lbir.
Ur ttess ara aman-nni.
Aman-a afrawanen deg-sen iseččan.
Aman-a diri-ten i tissit.
Akewwac-a isewway aɣrum ackit.
Amegaɣṛum-a isewway aɣrum ackit.
Imenkiren ttɣaman deg umezruy.
Practice exercises
1. What does 'aɣrum' mean?
2. How do you say 'to drink'?