Compliments

1. ⵜⴰⵎⴷⵉⵏⵜ ⵏⵏⴽ ⵜⵥⵉⵍ ⴱⴰⵀⵔⴰ

   Tamdint nnk tẓil bahra

   Your city is very beautiful

   Usage

   Praising the town you are visiting.

   Grammar Note

   Adjectives are stative verbs agreeing with the subject (feminine ⵜⵥⵉⵍ here). The corpus has the same frame in "Tom's house is very nice". Composed.

2. ⵜⴰⵏⵎⵎⵉⵔⵜ ⵖⴼ ⵓⵙⵏⵓⴱⴳ ⵏⵏⴽ

   Tanmmirt ɣf usnubg nnk

   Thank you for your hospitality

   Usage

   Thanking a host for hospitality after being received.

   Grammar Note

   This exact sentence is in the corpus; for a woman use ⵏⵏⵎ, for several men ⵏⵏⵓⵏ (both attested).

3. ⵜⵖⵉⵙⴷ ⴱⴰⵀⵔⴰ

   Tɣisd bahra

   You are very smart

   Usage

   Praising someone's intelligence; the same for men and women.

   Grammar Note

   ⵜⵖⵉⵙⴷ occurs twice in the corpus; combined here with ⴱⴰⵀⵔⴰ (very). Composed.

4. ⵜⴼⵓⵍⴽⵉⴷ ⴱⴰⵀⵔⴰ

   Tfulkid bahra

   You are very nice

   Usage

   Praising someone's character; ⴼⵓⵍⴽⵉ means "good, fine, beautiful".

   Grammar Note

   ⴼⵓⵍⴽⵉ is glossed both "good" and "beautiful" in the corpus ("ⵜⴼⵓⵍⴽⵉⴷ"). Here it is used for "a good person", not strictly "kind". Composed.

5. ⵡⴰⴷ ⵉⴼⵓⵍⴽⵉ ⴱⴰⵀⵔⴰ

   Wad ifulki bahra

   This is very good

   Usage

   Praising food, an item or an experience.

   Grammar Note

   Built on the corpus frame "Tom's house is very nice"; ⵡⴰⴷ is "this one". Composed.

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