Azaguagh Lahcen et al. Tamazight: A Competency Based Curriculum, Beginning & Intermediate Students

Peace Corps, 2008. — v, 229 p.Tamazight, referred to as “Berber” in most western countries, actually refers to a group of widely varied dialects spoken across a much of North Africa. The word “Tamazight” is derived from the word “Berbers” use to refer to themselves, “Amazigh”. Over 3000 years old, today the varieties of Tamazight are spoken by an estimated 11 million people. Morocco is home to three dialects of the Tamazight family: Tamazight, TashlHeet and Tarifit. Tarifit is prevalent in the Northern Rif region, Tamazight is found in Eastern High Atlas and Tafilalt valley region, and TashlHeet covers an area from Marrakesh to Agadir and much of the Saharan region. In between each of these regions you will find a gradual mix of the dialects, making it very difficult to determine where one dialect begins and another ends.Tamazight: The Language of Free People.
Learning Tamazight
Transcription of Tamazight.
Greeting
Greeting
Personal Pronouns.
Possessive Pronouns.
Masculine and Feminine Nouns
The verb "to have".
Practice.
Personal Information
Nationalities, Cities and Marital Status.
The verb "to be".
Independent Pronouns.
The Possessive word "win/tin"
Practice.
Useful Expressions
Mealtime expressions
Thanking expressions
Expressions for night time/sleeping.
Hygiene/cleanliness expressions
Offering help/ Asking for favors
Asking for Permissions
Being Sick
Transportation Expressions
Apologies and Responses
Congratulations
Communications
Numerals
Cardinal numbers
Ordinal Numbers / Fractions
Fractions
Time
Practice
Getting Started Shopping
Money
At the taHanut
Verb "to want"
"There is/ there are"
Practice
Family
Family Members
Family Expressions
Practice.
Directions
Prepositions
Directions
The Imperative
Negation of The Imperative
Practice
Daily Routine
Present Time Expressions
Present Tense
Present Tense Negation
Forming The Imperative Continuous
Practice
PAST EVENTS
Days of the week
Months of the year.
The seasons.
Past Time Expressions
The Past Tense.
Negation of The Past Tense
Have You Ever…/ I've Never.
Object Pronouns.
The Participle
Practice.
Bargaining
General Bargaining Informations
Bargaining Expressions and Vocabulary
Clothing.
Colors
Regular Adjectives
Adjectives As Verbs
Adjectives As Participles
Comparative and Superlative Adjectives
Practice
Shopping for Food
Fruits and Vegetables
Units of measurements
Spices and Meat
Practice
Food and Drink
Food and Drink.
At the café.
At the restaurant
The Reflexive Verb “TO PLEASE/ TO LIKE”.
The Verb “TO NEED, TO HAVE TO , MUST, SHOULD”.
The Verb “TO WANT, TO LIKE”
Practice
Medical and Body
Body Parts.
Health Problems
Practice
Site Visit Expressions Travel
Future Time Expressions
Forming The Future Tense
Future Tense Negation
Using verbs consecutively
Travel
Travel expressions
Practice
At the Post Office
General Informations
Post Office Vocabulary
Practice
At the Hotel
Hotel Accommodation
The Conditional
Negation of The Conditional
"mk/mš" Conditional
Describing the Peace Corps Mission
Peace Corps
Environment
Health
Small Business Development
Renting a House
Finding a House
Furnishing a House
Practice
Safety and Security
Sexual Harassment
At the Taxi Stand
At Work
Forgetting a Wallet in a Taxi / Filing a Report
Butagaz
Theft
Hash
House Security / Doors and Windows
Political HarassmentSupplementary grammar lessons
Advanced Verbs
Nouns
Adverbs
Prepositions
The Definite Article
Participles of Proximity
Linking Words and Conjunctions
Moroccan Holidays
Religious Holidays
Moussems
National Holidays.
Festivals.
Glossary of Verbs