Berber Nouns
Learning the Berber Nouns is very important because its structure is used in every day conversation. The more you master it the more you get closer to mastering the Berber language. But first we need to know what the role of Nouns is in the structure of the grammar in Berber.
Berber nouns are words used to name a person, animal, place, thing, or abstract ideas. Nouns are usually the most important part of vocabulary. Here are some examples:
| English Nouns | Berber Nouns |
| nouns | الأسماء |
| my car | tomobilty - سيارتي |
| green car | tomobil tadalte - سيارة خضراء |
| three cars | tlata tomobilate - ثلاث سيارات |
| car garage | lgarage natoumoubilate - مرآب السيارات |
| outside the car | barra n tomobila - خارج السيارة |
As you can see from the example above, the structure of the Nouns in Berber has a logical pattern. Locate the Nouns above and see how it works with the rest of the sentence in Tamazight.
List of Nouns in Berber
Below is a list of the Nouns and Words in Berber placed in a table. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Berber vocabulary.
| English Nouns | Berber Nouns |
| arm | fousse - ذراع |
| back | dhare - ظهر |
| cheeks | lahnake - الخدين |
| chest | sdare - صدر |
| chin | dkane - ذقن |
| ear | imazghane - الأذن |
| elbow | koue - كوع |
| eye | tittawine - عين |
| face | aghanssou - وجه |
| finger | dade - إصبع |
| fingers | idadane - أصابع |
| foot | darre - قدم |
| hair | ajabbouje - شعر |
| hand | fousse - يد |
| head | akalkoule - رأس |
| heart | oule - قلب |
| knee | foude - ركبة |
| leg | darre - ساق |
| lip | imy - شفة |
| mouth | imy - فم |
| neck | manjaye - عنق |
| nose | founzarre - أنف |
| shoulder | ktafe - كتف |
| stomach | tadisse - معدة |
| teeth | aghmassane - أسنان |
| thigh | fkhade - فخذ |
| throat | hanjra - حنجرة |
| thumb | ibhame - إبهام |
| toe | اصبع القدم |
| tongue | ilasse - اللسان |
| tooth | tighmasse - سن |
Nouns and Words have a very important role in Berber, therefore they need very special attention. Once you're done with the Tamazight Nouns, you might want to check the rest of our Berber lessons here: Learn Berber. Don't forget to bookmark this page.