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19. Love and affection

Express love, affection, and talk about beauty.

Feelings of love are often expressed through poetry and song.

19.1. Love words

KabyleEnglish
tayri
love
lḥib
love / beloved
ḥemmel
to love
amḥemmel
beloved (m.)
taḥbibt
beloved (f.)
aḥbib
friend / beloved

19.2. Beauty

KabyleEnglish
cbaḥa / ccbaḥa
beauty
yelha
beautiful / good
mliḥ
good / very well
azuran
bold / brave

19.3. Examples

Ḥemmleɣ-k aṭas.
I love you very much.
Tayri d tafat n wul.
Love is the light of the heart.

Practice

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  1. Yebba akken yelha !

  2. Yal tasemhuyt s ccbaḥa-s.

  3. Ttṛebbin yiwen webṛik yelha.

  4. Tom iḥemmel ad yurar.

  5. Qqaren-d tayri d taderɣalt.

  6. Wa ur iḥemmel wa.

  7. Ẓriɣ ur kem-iḥemmel ara.

  8. Ẓriɣ ur k-iḥemmel ara.

  9. Simmal trennu deg ccbaḥa.

  10. Yelha yinaw-nni n Tom.

  11. D tizlit n tayri.

  12. Degmi yella iḥemmel-itt, yercel-tt.

  13. Iḥemmel ad isuden tamdakelt-is.

  14. Iḥemmel ad yečč seksu.

  15. Nḥemmel dima ayen nesεa.

  16. Aṭas i iḥemmel tudert.

  17. Iḥemmel ad yečč iberčečča.

  18. Wissen ma d tayri?

  19. Iḥemmel Faḍma am leɛmer-is.

  20. Tenna-yas ur t-tḥemmel ara.

  21. Nnumeɣ ḥedd ur y-iḥemmel.

  22. D acu d tayri?

  23. Yuba iḥemmel ad yurar.

  24. Cukkeɣ yelha win tt-iqemmren.

  25. Yelha win d-ittmektayen imdukal-is.

  26. Ini-d, yelha; xdem, yif-it.

  27. Yewɛaṛ wuzzu n tayri.

  28. Xdem ayen twalaḍ yelha.

  29. Yuzen-as tabrat n tayri.

  30. Ula d nettat, tḥemmel-it.

  31. Yella iḥemmel-it s tuffra.

  32. Yella iḥemmel-itt s tuffra.

  33. Iḥemmel ad yettawi lexbur.

  34. D tayri-nni n tidet.

  35. Yelha lemmer ad tzewǧeḍ.

  36. Yelha-d ala d unadi.

  37. Taqsiṭ-nni tkeffu akken yelha?

  38. Yelha-d ala d yiman-is.

  39. Amulli ameggaz ay aḥbib.

  40. Tebda tettlal-d tayri gar-asen.

  41. Eg ayen tettwaliḍ yelha.

  42. Llan wid ur yi-nḥemmel.

  43. Yura asefru n tayri.

  44. Ldi tawwurt i tayri.

  45. Yelha ccrab d lbira.

  46. Iḍes am tayri yennejlan.

  47. Mebla tayri, ddunit temmut.

  48. Iban ur tḥemmel argaz-is.

  49. Ur iḥemmel ara imcac.

  50. Nḥemmel ad nebḍu isefka-nneɣ.

  51. Tom yella iḥemmel tarwa-s.

  52. Yelha umḍiq-a i lεum.

  53. Yelha umḍiq-a i twaccfa.

  54. Arured yelha, amulleḍ yecbeḥ.

  55. Marie tḥemmel yiwen umaṭlu.

  56. Marie tḥemmel yiwen umsilel.

  57. Iḥemmel ad yurar tikaṛḍiwin.

  58. Iḥemmel-it nnig n llazem.

  59. Tayri d asgunfu meqqren.

  60. Yelha ad yečč yiwen.

Practice exercises

1. What does 'tayri' mean?

2. How do you say 'to love'?

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