◆ A small dictionary
Common Tarifit words and phrases
A short, real excerpt from the Awar n Arif dictionary — every word below is
checked against the app itself, with its Tifinagh script. The full dictionary, with audio from
a native speaker, is in the free app.
Greetings & everyday phrases
| Hello | azul | ⴰⵣⵓⵍ |
| Thank you | cukran | ⵛⵓⴽⵔⴰⵏ |
| Yes | wah | ⵡⴰⵀ |
| No | lla | ⵍⵍⴰ |
| Please | ɛafak | ⵄⴰⴼⴰⴽ |
| You're welcome | ɛafuan | — |
| Congratulations | mabruk | ⵎⴰⴱⵔⵓⴽ |
| Welcome! | Marḥba! | — |
| Good morning | Sbaḥ lxir. | — |
| How are you? | Mamec teǧiḍ? | — |
| What's your name? | Mamec ḍac qqaren? | — |
| My name is … | Qqarn-ayi … | — |
Two words for "thank you" show up in real use: cukran is the
word actually spoken day to day in Nador; tanmirt is also documented and
recognized, but it's a pan-Amazigh word that entered Tarifit from outside, not an original
Nador term. Awar n Arif teaches cukran as the everyday word, and notes
tanmirt honestly as the wider Amazigh alternative rather than pretending it
isn't used at all.
Love & family
| I love you (to a man) | Txseɣ cik. | — |
| I love you (to a woman) | Txseɣ cim. | — |
| I miss you (to a woman) | Twaḥceɣ-cem | — |
| Mother | yemma | ⵢⴻⵎⵎⴰ |
| Father | baba | ⴱⴰⴱⴰ |
| Grandfather | jeddi | ⵊⴻⴷⴷⵉ |
Origin & practical phrases
| Where are you from? | Manis cik? | — |
| I'm from Morocco | Nec zi meɣreb. | — |
| I'm from Germany | Nec zi Alleman. | — |
| How much does this cost? | Mcḥar iskua wanita? | — |
Numbers 1–10
| 1 | wahid | ⵡⴰⵀⵉⴷ |
| 2 | tnain | — |
| 3 | trata | ⵜⵔⴰⵜⴰ |
| 4 | abɛa | ⴰⴱⵄⴰ |
| 5 | xmsa | ⵅⵎⵙⴰ |
| 6 | sita | ⵙⵉⵜⴰ |
| 7 | sebɛa | ⵙⴻⴱⵄⴰ |
| 8 | tminia | — |
| 9 | tsɛa | ⵜⵙⵄⴰ |
| 10 | ɛacra | ⵄⴰⵛⵔⴰ |
This is a small excerpt — the full app has a growing dictionary of
over 1,000 entries (including sentence-building pieces), every one with real audio from a
native speaker, plus Tifinagh script and full grammar. See
what's inside the course.
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