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21. Character and personality

Describe a person: kindness, honesty, wisdom.

Describing character is done with adjectives and abstract nouns.

21.1. Adjectives

KabyleEnglish
aḥlawan
kind / friendly
yelha
good / nice
mliḥ
good / excellent
amsulɣu
amiable / sociable
azuran
bold / brave
ameɣdaz
rich
aẓawali
poor

21.2. Abstract nouns

KabyleEnglish
nniya
honesty / good faith
lḥerma
respect / dignity
lḥurriya
freedom
lɛeḍl
justice
lḥeqq
right / truth
ṭṭbiɛa
character
tamusni
knowledge / wisdom

21.3. Examples

Aqcic-nni d aḥlawan.
That boy is kind.
Lḥerma d aẓar n tmetti.
Respect is the foundation of society.

Practice

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  1. Yebba akken yelha !

  2. Ttṛebbin yiwen webṛik yelha.

  3. Yella wanda yesεa lḥeqq.

  4. Testeεref belli sεiɣ lḥeqq.

  5. Yelha yinaw-nni n Tom.

  6. Yezmer ahat sɛiɣ lḥeqq.

  7. Ziɣ yesεa lḥeqq baba-k.

  8. Sεan lḥeqq i sin.

  9. Cukkeɣ yelha win tt-iqemmren.

  10. Yelha win d-ittmektayen imdukal-is.

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

  12. Xdem ayen twalaḍ yelha.

  13. Ih, ih, tesεiḍ lḥeqq.

  14. Imawlan-ik llan sεan lḥeqq.

  15. Tesεiḍ lḥeqq deg uzgen.

  16. Mačči d lḥeqq fell-ak.

  17. Yelha lemmer ad tzewǧeḍ.

  18. Yelha-d ala d unadi.

  19. Yesεa lḥeqq deg annect-a.

  20. Ad nini tesεiḍ lḥeqq.

  21. Taqsiṭ-nni tkeffu akken yelha?

  22. Yelha-d ala d yiman-is.

  23. Aya mači d lḥeqq.

  24. Eg ayen tettwaliḍ yelha.

  25. Ikad-iyi-d ahat tesεiḍ lḥeqq.

  26. Yelha ccrab d lbira.

  27. Tamusni tettas-d seg Ayyur.

  28. D nniya i telliḍ.

  29. Yal ssuma s lḥeqq-is.

  30. Yelha umḍiq-a i lεum.

  31. Yelha umḍiq-a i twaccfa.

  32. Arured yelha, amulleḍ yecbeḥ.

  33. Yelha ad yečč yiwen.

  34. Yelha lḥal n wass-a.

  35. Yelha uksum-a n wezger.

  36. Ahat telliḍ tesεiḍ lḥeqq.

  37. Rray i d-yefka yelha.

  38. Adlis-agi yelha i tɣuri.

  39. Yelha win yeɣran ungal-nni.

  40. Wissen ma sɛiɣ lḥeqq?

  41. Telliḍ tenwiḍ tesεiḍ lḥeqq?

  42. S tidet tesɛiḍ lḥeqq.

  43. Sɛiɣ lḥeqq, neɣ uhu?

  44. Sɛiɣ lḥeqq, neɣ xaṭi?

  45. Yelha win yesεan tawacult.

  46. Aẓekkun yelha i tdawsa.

  47. Ḥulfaɣ yelha wi tt-iqemmren.

  48. Ečč lḥeqq-ik, qqen tiṭ-ik!

  49. D azuran i lliɣ.

  50. D azuran i lliɣ?

  51. Yelha kullec di tama-nwen.

  52. Yelha waya neɣ diri-t?

  53. Icebba-yi Ṛebbi wagi yelha.

  54. Yelha ma walaɣ-k abrid-nniḍen.

  55. Yelha ma tenniḍ-d tidet.

  56. Cukkeɣ adlis-a yelha aṭas.

  57. Tura kullec yelha.

  58. Ur yelha ara wučči da.

  59. Uḥwaǧeɣ akebbuḍ azuran.

  60. Ameslay ines yelha acu kan!

Practice exercises

1. What does 'aḥlawan' mean?

2. How do you say 'respect'?

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