The essential building blocks to construct concrete sentences.
To go further, you need a few common prepositions, numbers from 1 to 10, and a small stock of adjectives. This is the vocabulary that comes up most often in daily conversations.
| Kabyle | English | Example |
|---|---|---|
deg | in | deg wexxam — in the house |
ɣer | towards, to | ɣer wexxam — towards the house |
ɣur | at (possession) | ɣur-i — at my place (I have) |
s | with, by | s tqeddičt — with a knife |
ɣef | on | ɣef tdabut — on the table |
seg | from, since | seg wass-a — since today |
gar | between | gar yergazen — between the men |
zdat | in front of | zdat wexxam — in front of the house |
deffir | behind | deffir wexxam — behind the house |
| Number | Masculine | Feminine |
|---|---|---|
1 | yiwen | yiwet |
2 | sin | snat |
3 | kraḍ | kraḍ |
4 | kkuẓ | kkuẓ |
5 | semmus | semmus |
6 | sḍis | sḍis |
7 | sa | sa |
8 | tam | tam |
9 | tẓa | tẓa |
10 | mraw | mraw |
| Kabyle | English | Example |
|---|---|---|
ameqqran | big | axxam ameqqran — a big house |
amecṭuḥ | small | aqcic amecṭuḥ — a small boy |
azegzaw | green | izeɣwazegzawen — light green |
azeggwaɣ | red | tazeggwaɣt — (a) red one |
aberkan | black | argaz aberkan — a black man |
amellal | white | tamellalt — (a) white one |