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9. Numbers and time

Count from 1 to 20, use ordinals, ask and tell time.

Kabyle numbers are simple and regular. Once the first ten are memorized, tens and larger numbers are formed by composition.

9.1. Cardinal numbers (1 to 10)

NumberKabyleDigit
1
yiwen1
2
sin2
3
kraḍ3
4
rebɛa4
5
semmus5
6
sdis6
7
sa7
8
tam8
9
tesɛa9
10
mraw10

9.2. From 11 to 20

NumberKabyle form
11
mraw d yiwen
12
mraw d sin
13
mraw d kraḍ
15
mraw d semmus
20
εecrin

9.3. Ordinals

OrderMasculineFeminine
1st
amezwarutamezwarut
2nd
wis-sintis-snat
3rd
wis-kraḍtis-kraḍ
4th
wis-ukuẓtis-ukuẓ
5th
wis-semmustis-semmus

9.4. Asking and telling time

Acḥal n ssaɛa ?
What time is it?
Ssaɛa d tlata.
It is three o'clock.
Ssaɛa d tlata d uzgen.
It is half past three.

Practice

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  1. Yemmut sin n iseggasen-aya.

  2. Azul fell-awen i sin!

  3. Yiwen ur icukket kra.

  4. Af-d acḥal i yi-d-ikker.

  5. Af-d acḥal i yi-d-tekker.

  6. Sefru-d acḥal i yi-d-isɣam.

  7. Sefru-d acḥal i yi-d-isker.

  8. Yiwen ur d-yenni akka.

  9. Tesɛa aṭas n yiḍan.

  10. Tiɣimit urǧin tenɣa yiwen.

  11. Acḥal teswa txatemt-a ?

  12. Imawlan-iw mmuten i sin.

  13. Ttṛebbin yiwen webṛik yelha.

  14. Wwin-d yiwen webrid weḥd-s.

  15. Yiwen ur ihenna seg-neɣ.

  16. Werǧin i k-ẓriɣ tettaḍsaḍ.

  17. Timseḍsa-s zun d rregmat.

  18. Sin wussan segmi tekkat.

  19. Aql-i ferrẓeɣ yiwen uzenziɣ.

  20. Ẓriɣ yiwen seg-sen iḍelli.

  21. Yettusbedd yiwen unabaḍ uεḍil.

  22. Yiwen seg-sen d aɣalli.

  23. Sarameɣ yiwen ur aɣ-d-yettwali.

  24. Acḥal teswiḍ n tebyirin?

  25. Acḥal yennuɣen d iserdasen?

  26. D yiwen ger yemdukal-iw.

  27. Yya-w ad s-d-naɣet yiwen!

  28. Acḥal sεan n tɣeṭṭen?

  29. Teḍra-yi-d acḥal d abrid.

  30. Tom yettṛebbi yiwen wenziḍ.

  31. Acḥal deg leεmer umeɣrad?

  32. Akud, ur yettraju yiwen.

  33. Yerna yenna i yiwen.

  34. Yessefk ad sɛunt yiwen.

  35. Acḥal ara tesεeddiḍ da?

  36. Acḥal i tt-nerja, ulac-itt.

  37. Ulac ara yagad yiwen.

  38. Ṭṭef-itt s sin ifassen.

  39. D yiwen ubuhal kan.

  40. Nedṛen-t-id acḥal d tikelt.

  41. Tuɣ acḥal-aya ur cḍiḥeɣ.

  42. Yiwen ur aɣ-tt-yeẓra seg-sen.

  43. Yiwen ur yufi iman-is.

  44. Tesɛa snat n tiysetmatin.

  45. Tesɛa snat n teqcicin.

  46. Yiwen deg-wen ur d-yuɣal.

  47. Yiwen ur yelli da.

  48. Mlaleɣ-ţ-id kan yiwen webrid.

  49. Yiwen, sin, kraḍ, ruḥet!

  50. yiwen, sin, tlata, ruḥet!

  51. Acḥal yeqqim ur d-yusi?

  52. Urǧin yenɣa usgunfu yiwen.

  53. Yezger-d yiwen uεudiw axxam-iw.

  54. Aqjun yesseglef yiwen ubeṛṛani.

  55. Acḥal aya ur k-walaɣ.

  56. Yiwen ur d-yemmekta amulli-inu.

  57. Acḥal i tezzenzeḍ azger-nni?

  58. Yiwen ur s-εǧibent ṭṭubbat.

  59. Acḥal, netta yettnadi fell-as.

  60. Acḥal teqqimeḍ akken tuḍneḍ?

Practice exercises

1. How do you say 'seven' in Kabyle?

2. How do you say 'third' (masculine)?

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