← Back to lessons🖥️ Presentation mode

20. Emotions

Joy, sadness, fear, anger.

Emotions are often expressed with stative verbs in Kabyle.

20.1. Joy and sadness

KabyleEnglish
lferḥ
joy
ferḥeɣ
I am happy
yefreḥ
he is happy
lḥuzn
sadness
ḥzineɣ
I am sad
ameḥzun
sad (person)

20.2. Fear and anger

KabyleEnglish
lxuf
fear
aggad
to fear
zzɛaf / lɣec
anger
weɛɛer
to be angry

20.3. Examples

Ferḥeɣ aṭas ass-a.
I am very happy today.
Ttagadeɣ seg wezrem.
I am afraid of the snake.

Practice

29 sentences · 29 matches
0/29 (0%)

  1. Ur ttagad ara imal!

  2. Yeqqim irekkem seg zzɛaf.

  3. Yella lxuf ɣef umuḍin-a.

  4. Ur ttagad. Aql-i da.

  5. Ad tent-yenɣ lxuf.

  6. Ur ttagad ara.

  7. Ruḥ kan, ur ttagad ara.

  8. Lxuf iɛennu-d Meqqran s ussu.

  9. Yiwriɣ s lxuf.

  10. Yebda ikeččem-iyi-d lxuf.

  11. Ur ttagad !

  12. Ttergigiɣ s lxuf.

  13. Ur ttagad ara!

  14. Yella iban lxuf deg allen-is.

  15. Yeɣleq Tom tawwurt s zzɛaf.

  16. Yebda-t-id lxuf.

  17. Ur ttagad.

  18. Ur ttamen, ur ttagad, ur ssutur!

  19. Kkseɣ-as lxuf.

  20. Ur yi-ttagad ara ma ulac aɣilif.

  21. Iwacu zzɛaf?

  22. Aqcic-a ur iban ara lxuf fell-as maḍi.

  23. Mačči d tazawwa yuεren. Ɣas ur ttagad.

  24. Ur ttagad, awal mačči ad d-yeffeɣ imi-w.

  25. Ur ţaggad ara ad tiliḍ d iman-ik.

  26. Azekka iɣeṭṭel-d lxuf, uggadeɣ ad nessesel am uzrem.

  27. Ur ttagad ara ad tɣelṭeḍ mara theddreḍ taglizit.

  28. Ur ttagad ara ad tɣelṭeḍ mara theddreḍ taneglizit.

  29. Ur zmireɣ ara ad as-kkseɣ zzɛaf i Tom.

Practice exercises

1. What does 'lferḥ' mean?

2. How do you say 'to fear'?

← Previous lesson
Next lesson →