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| Schlaftius | Saturday 03rd of September 2005 01:54:28 AM |
| Tamazight: Kabyle - Kabyle is one of the numerous tamazight/berber dialects spoken all across North Africa. Kabyle is an Algerian Tamazight dialect which has many influences from Arabic and French. | |
| Schlaftius | Saturday 03rd of September 2005 02:07:16 AM |
| Kabyle Phrases - Greetings Hello - Axir/Alxir Good morning - Sbah lxir Response: Axir/Alxir - response to hello Sbah lxir d l3afiya - response to good morning Mselxir - Good evening Mselxir d l3afiya - response to good evening Msaw3laxir/Msadlxir - Good night Nemsebhbxir - response to Good night L3eslama - Welcome Ggiy-ak/am lehna (pron. Jjigh-ak/am) - Good-bye (s) Ggiy-awen/akent lehna (pron. Jjigh-ak/am) - Good-bye (pl) Responses to Good-bye: Lehna tafed/ tafem/tafemt! Ruh/ Ruhet /Ruhemt i sslama Rebbi | |
| anabel | Wednesday 07th of September 2005 07:00:49 PM |
| - is it really possible to learn that language or should someone speak arabic before learning it? | |
| Schlaftius | Wednesday 07th of September 2005 10:03:11 PM |
| - Anabel, you don't need to know Tamazight to speak Arabic, as you don't need Dutch to be able to speak Czech. | |
| anabel | Wednesday 07th of September 2005 10:18:53 PM |
| - actually til now i never compared dutch and czech...i think its time for it.... but it sounds really interesting that tamazight:)now i dont look like my emu again as iam informed:p | |
| Schlaftius | Thursday 08th of September 2005 01:45:21 PM |
| - You should learn some Tamazight, especially the Tuareg dialect, especially if you ever travel to the Sahara Desert. | |