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Harries, Jeanette / Tamazight basic course: Ait Mgild dialect: final report
(1974)

Lesson 7 (reel 7; slides 46-55),   pp. 41-46


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L7
e. Count to ten, using Arabic numbers.    Count people
(mid:n) in a group, using Berber numbers 1-3 (327.4).
LESSON 7 (Reel 7; slides 46-55)
L7 PREPARATION
a.  Idenitify meanings of nouns in 7.1 by asking "What is
" using the verb g. Eg. mag:an s:iniya? (< may i-ga-n)
Which of the nouns have the form of Arabic loan words
(328.7)?
b. The dependent forms of aga "bucket, anu      iiwell," and
aman "water," all begin witFua-      See S27.3 for how
this is affected by the genitTVe particle.
C. The perfect tense is often translated by the English
present; eg. s:nx A&:a "I know Aq:a," has the perfect
tense s:n of the verbisin.  See the note in S3.2.
d. See the example of an indirect object phrase in S5.1;
substitute an 10 pronoun for the 10 phrase. Where would
the pronoun go in the following sentence:
in:a-s Zaid i Bulz:a ad ___ ibl:y     s:lam
"Zaid said to Bu6z :a to convey greetings to him."
Check your answer with the sentence near the end of L7.5.
e. The interrogative particle is has a variant form id:
before what kind of sentences?  See S12.1.
f. Form a negative sentence corresponding to iq:im utfl
g_ tmazi-rt n Bugz:a. "Snow remained in Bugz:a's country,"
by srles in Sll.- Check the result with sentence 3 in L7.
g. Set the projector on slide 46; turn it on for Band 1.
L7.1 Words for tea things; nouns of Arabic origin       *
(slideS  -sb4d) (3:30)                           46
Here is a set of words for items used in making
tea, a common custom throughout Morocco. As you
learn each word, notice from its beginning whether
it's an Arabic loan wordor a native Tamazi-t noun.
Bugz:a gives the word twice in a demonstrative sen-
tence; repeat it. Then he asks "What's this?"
Answer with the name of the item. Then you will
hear the correct name. All nouns have their inde-
pendent forms in these sentences.
Pattern:   S S repeat     Q  reply   A  repeat
ha s :iniya .'         mat :a uya?           s :iniya.
ha lkisan I            mat :a uya?           lkisan.
haYabr :ad I           mat :a uya?           abr :ad .  4
ha z:if I              mat:a uya?            z:if.
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