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Moroccan Amazigh sounds like itself through its native verb patterns alongside everyday Moroccan loans such as ⴰⵜⴰⵢ (atay, tea), all written in the IRCAM Tifinagh standard.

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What locals actually say

How much is this?

ⵎⴰⵏ ⵉⵙⵡⴰ ⵡⴰⵢⴰ؟

ⵉⵙⵡⴰ (iswa, “costs”) is the market verb used for asking a price, while ⵡⴰⵢⴰ is the Moroccan demonstrative for “this here.”

Where is the souk?

ⵎⴰⵏⵉ ⵉⵍⵍⴰ ⵙⵙⵓⵇ؟

ⵙⵙⵓⵇ (ssuq) is the Moroccan Arabic loan for the market, and ⵎⴰⵏⵉ ⵉⵍⵍⴰ is the everyday “where is” frame.

Come have some tea.

ⴰⵙⴷ ⵙⵡ ⴰⵜⴰⵢ!

ⴰⵜⴰⵢ (atay) is the Moroccan word for tea, while ⴰⵙⴷ (“come here”) followed by the singular imperative ⵙⵡ (“drink”) gives the familiar invitation.

My mother is at home.

ⵉⵎⵎⴰ ⵉⵏⵓ ⵜⵍⵍⴰ ⴳ ⵓⵅⵅⴰⵎ

ⵉⵏⵓ is the postposed first person possessive, meaning my, while ⵜⵍⵍⴰ is the feminine locative construction for is at.

I am working from home today.

ⴰⵙⵙⴰ ⴰⵔ ⵅⴷⴷⵎⵖ ⵙⴳ ⵓⵅⵅⴰⵎ

ⴰⵔ marks an ongoing or habitual action, and the ending ⵖ marks the first person singular.

It is cold today.

ⴰⵙⵙⴰ ⵉⵙⵎⵉⴹ

ⵉⵙⵎⵉⴹ is the Tamazight cold-weather predicate, used directly for saying that it is cold.

I am tired.

ⵄⵢⵢⴰⵖ

ⵄⵢⵢⴰⵖ is the first person singular form of the local expression for being tired, with ⵖ marking I.

We will meet tomorrow.

ⴰⴷ ⵏⵎⵍⵉⵍ ⴰⵙⴽⴽⴰ

ⴰⴷ is the future particle, and the initial ⵏ in ⵏⵎⵍⵉⵍ signals the first person plural, we.

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