Adjectives

1. ⵉⵎⵇⵇⵓⵔ

   Imqqur

   It's big

   Usage

   Describing the size of a masculine-noun item.

   Grammar Note

   Adjectives are stative verbs, so this means "it is big". For a feminine noun the form would be ⵜⵎⵇⵇⵓⵔ (derived, unverified). 12 zgh and 20 Tashelhit hits.

2. ⵉⵎⵥⵥⵉ

   Imẓẓi

   It's small

   Usage

   Describing a small masculine-noun item.

   Grammar Note

   A stative verb; 3 zgh, 10 Tashelhit, 36 Wikipedia hits.

3. ⵉⵎⵇⵇⵓⵔ ⴱⴰⵀⵔⴰ

   Imqqur bahra

   It's very big

   Usage

   Stressing how big something is.

   Grammar Note

   ⴱⴰⵀⵔⴰ is an intensifier (212 zgh, 339 Tashelhit hits). Same pattern as the Tashelhit sentence imqqur bahra.

4. ⵉⵔⵖⴰ

   Irɣa

   It's hot

   Usage

   When food or drink is hot.

   Grammar Note

   Third person masculine of the dictionary verb ⵔⵖ "to be hot"; 13 zgh and 12 Tashelhit hits.

5. ⵜⵍⵍⴰ ⵜⵔⵖⵉ

   Tlla trɣi

   It's hot (weather)

   Usage

   Talking about hot weather.

   Grammar Note

   Literally "there is heat". The same sentence is in both corpora.

6. ⵉⵍⵍⴰ ⵓⵚⵎⵎⵉⴹ

   Illa uṣmmiḍ

   It's cold (weather)

   Usage

   Talking about cold weather.

   Grammar Note

   Literally "there is cold". ⵓⵚⵎⵎⵉⴹ is the construct state of ⴰⵚⵎⵎⵉⴹ. The same sentence is in both corpora.

7. ⵉⵣⴷⴷⵉⴳ

   Izddig

   It's clean

   Usage

   When a place or thing is clean.

   Grammar Note

   A stative verb; the same sentence is in both corpora.

8. ⵉⵖⵍⴰ

   Iɣla

   It's expensive

   Usage

   Saying that a masculine-noun item is expensive.

   Grammar Note

   Third person masculine of the dictionary verb ⵖⵍⵓ "to be expensive"; few examples (1 zgh, 2 Tashelhit). The plural ⵖⵍⴰⵏ is attested in Tashelhit.

9. ⵉⵥⵉⵍ

   Iẓil

   It's beautiful / wonderful

   Usage

   Praising a view or thing.

   Grammar Note

   Third person masculine of the dictionary verb ⵥⵉⵍ "to be good; beautiful"; 15 zgh and 3 Tashelhit hits.

10. ⵉⵎⵎⵉⵎ

    Immim

    It's delicious

    Usage

    Praising food.

    Grammar Note

    Attested in both corpora; the dictionary headword has a different sense (a plant), so the taste sense rests on corpus evidence.

11. ⵉⴳⴰ ⵣⵉⴽⴽ

    Iga zikk

    It's early

    Usage

    When it is still early.

    Grammar Note

    The same sentence is in both corpora.

12. ⵢⵓⴷⴰ

    Yuda

    That is enough

    Usage

    Saying that is enough.

    Grammar Note

    17 zgh and 28 Tashelhit hits; with a feminine subject the form is ⵜⵓⴷⴰ.

13. ⴽⵉⴳⴰⵏ

    Kigan

    A lot

    Usage

    For a large amount.

    Grammar Note

    A dictionary adverb (a lot, too much); 92 zgh and 57 Tashelhit hits.

14. ⵓⴳⴳⴰⵔ

    Uggar

    More

    Usage

    Asking for more.

    Grammar Note

    Attested on its own in both corpora.

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