Berber Plural
Learning the Berber Plural 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 Plural is in the structure of the grammar in Berber.
Berber Plurals are grammatical numbers, typically referring to more than one of the referent in the real world. In the English language, singular and plural are the only grammatical numbers. Here are some examples:
| English Plural | Berber Plural |
| Plural | صيغة الجمع |
| my book | laktabe inoukhe - كتابي |
| my books | laktouba inoukhe - كتبي |
| our daughter | yallitnakhe - ابنتنا |
| our daughters | idyallitnakhe - بناتنا |
| I'm cold | likhe thoussikhe agde oujrisse - انى اشعر بالبرودة |
| we're cold | lanathassa agdoujrisse - نحن نشعر بالبرودة |
| his chickens | tyasite - دجاجه |
| their chicken | tiyazidine nsanne - دجاجهم |
As you can see from the example above, the structure of the Plural in Berber has a logical pattern. Locate the Plural above and see how it works with the rest of the sentence in Tamazight.
List of Plurals in Berber
Below is a list of the Plurals and Singulars in Berber placed in a table. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Berber vocabulary.
| English Plural | Berber Plural |
| alligator | timsahe - تمساح إستوائي |
| alligators | tmassihe - تماسيح |
| bear | doupe - دب |
| bears | douppa - دببة |
| bird | atbir - طائر |
| birds | itbirane - طيور |
| bull | afounasse - ثور |
| bulls | ifounassane - ثيران |
| cat | mouchaye - قط |
| cats | imouchayane - قطط |
| cow | tafounaste - بقرة |
| cows | tifounassane - أبقار |
| deer | ilaghmane - أيل |
| many deer | tizarzarte - الغزلان |
| dog | aydy - كلب |
| dogs | ydane - كلاب |
| donkey | ighiyoule - حمار |
| donkeys | ighiyale - حمير |
| eagle | nssare - نسر |
| eagles | nsoura - نسور |
| elephant | lfile - فيل |
| elephants | lafyoula - فيلة |
| giraffe | zarafa - زرافة |
| giraffes | zarafate - زرافات |
| goat | tghate - ماعز |
| goats | tighaydine - ماعز |
| horse | yisse - حصان |
| horses | yssane - خيل |
| lion | aghilasse - أسد |
| lions | ighilassane - أسود |
| monkey | lkarde - قرد |
| monkeys | krouda - قرود |
| mouse | agarda - فأر |
| mice | agardayane - فئران |
| rabbit | tagninte - أرنب |
| rabbits | lagnayane - أرانب |
| snake | talafssa - ثعبان |
| snakes | tilafsawine - ثعابين |
| tiger | nmare - نمر |
| tigers | nmoura - نمور |
| wolf | oushane - ذئب |
| wolves | oushanne - ذئاب |
Plural and Singular have a very important role in Berber, therefore they need very special attention. Once you're done with the Tamazight Plural, you might want to check the rest of our Berber lessons here: Learn Berber. Don't forget to bookmark this page.