3. Personal Pronouns
Say I, you, he, she, we, you (pl), they.
Personal pronouns allow you to designate a person without naming them. In Kabyle, they vary by gender (masculine / feminine) and number (singular / plural).
3.1. The Pronoun Table
| Person | Masculine | Feminine |
|---|---|---|
1st singular | nekk | nekk |
2nd singular | kečč | kem |
3rd singular | netta | nettat |
1st plural | nekni | nekenti |
2nd plural | kunwi | kunemti |
3rd plural | nutni | nutenti |
3.2. Use in a sentence
To identify someone ("to be + noun"), we use the particle d between the pronoun and the noun.
Note: the pronoun is not always mandatory. The verb already carries the person mark; we add the pronoun to insist or clarify.
Practice
60 sentences · 1,330 matchesNutni ur zgilen ara tamacint.
Nutenti ur zgilent ara tamacint.
Nekk d argaz zgiɣ uḍneɣ.
Iban d netta i tt-ixedmen.
D nekk i yeččan tiyita.
D nettat i d tamεellemt.
Tessneḍ-t netta s yiman-is ?
Kra yekka wass netta yennudem.
Tom d nekk d imdukal.
Tom akked nekk d imdukal.
D netta i d axṣim-iw.
Sin wussan netta d ageffur.
Nekk i d timreyyest fell-am.
Ilaq ad geɣ am kunwi.
Tudert-is akk netta yettεawan iẓawaliyen.
Ur teḥṛiceḍ ara am nekk.
Yenna-d ula d netta iḥemmel-iyi.
Bɣiɣ d kemm ara t-ixedmen.
Llan setta yimdanen, netta gar-asen.
D nekk i d awanek!
Ula d nekk ddiɣ-d yid-nsen.
Ur ceṭṭḥeɣ ara i nutni.
Nettat tekkat snitra, netta icennu.
D ajdid ɣer da kečči?
Sarameɣ thennaḍ ula d kemm.
Mačči d nekk, d netta!
D tidet, kemm d tahuskayt.
Nekk d Tom d lǧiran.
D inaragen nekk d Tom.
D kemm i d tufrint.
Yezmer lḥal tili i nekk.
Nekk ur qbileɣ ara ṭṭraḍ.
Ur keččmet ara ɣer din.
Ur keččmemt ara ɣer din.
Nettat tessenhaz aqerruy yeffes zelmeḍ.
Nekk mgal tafgurt n lmut.
Nekk ɣur-i bezzaf tleqqem lqahwa-yi.
Tḥulfa i wayen ḥulfaɣ nekk.
Nekk ɣur-i ulac am ccetwa.
Mačči d nekk i yestenyan.
D netta i ẓriɣ iḍelli.
Mačči d nekk i fernent.
Ahat d nekk ara k-imeḍlen.
Ula d netta ɣur-s yiwen.
Ula d netta yesɛ yiwen.
D nekk i yesselḥan tuɣḍaṭ-nni.
Nekk d lεebd n lεali.
Nnan-iyi-d d kemm i iɣelṭen.
Ẓriɣ d netta i tt-ixedmen.
Kra yekka yiḍ nettat tettru.
D iseggasen nekk qqareɣ tafransist.
Nekk ɣur-i mačči d lḥeqq.
Werǧin ẓriɣ ḥedd am nettat.
Nekk d aselmad kan mecṭuḥen.
Muqel ɣur-s txedmeḍ am netta.
Ass kamel nutenti ssexdament deg-neɣ.
Ass kamel nutenti ssexdament deg-nteɣ.
D kemm i d tameqqrant.
Ur ssetteteɣ ara am kemm.
D netta i yebɣan akka.
Practice exercises
1. Which pronoun means 'she'?
2. Which pronoun means 'we' (masculine or mixed)?