Language/Standard-moroccan-tamazight/Vocabulary/Colors

Standard Moroccan Tamazight - Colors

In today's lesson, we will learn about the colors in Standard Moroccan Tamazight. Enjoy your learning journey with Polyglot Club!

Main Terms

Below is a table of the main colors in Standard Moroccan Tamazight with their pronunciation and translation in English.

Word in Standard Moroccan Tamazight	Pronunciation	Translation in English
اَحْمَر	ahmar	red
أَزْرَق	azraq	blue
أَسْوَد	aswad	black
أَصْفَر	asfar	yellow
بَنَفْسَجِي	banafsaji	purple
خَضْرَاء	khadraa	green
رَمَادِي	ramadi	gray
بَيَاضِي	bayadi	white

Dialogue

Let's practice the colors in Standard Moroccan Tamazight with a dialogue.

• Person 1: اَحْمَر ؟ (ahmar?) – Red?

• Person 2: نَعَمْ، اَحْمَر (na'am, ahmar) – Yes, red.

• Person 1: أَزْرَق ؟ (azraq?) – Blue?

• Person 2: نَعَمْ، أَزْرَق (na'am, azraq) – Yes, blue.

• Person 1: أَسْوَد ؟ (aswad?) – Black?

• Person 2: نَعَمْ، أَسْوَد (na'am, aswad) – Yes, black.

• Person 1: أَصْفَر ؟ (asfar?) – Yellow?

• Person 2: نَعَمْ، أَصْفَر (na'am, asfar) – Yes, yellow.

• Person 1: بَنَفْسَجِي ؟ (banafsaji?) – Purple?

• Person 2: نَعَمْ، بَنَفْسَجِي (na'am, banafsaji) – Yes, purple.

• Person 1: خَضْرَاء ؟ (khadraa?) – Green?

• Person 2: نَعَمْ، خَضْرَاء (na'am, khadraa) – Yes, green.

• Person 1: رَمَادِي ؟ (ramadi?) – Gray?

• Person 2: نَعَمْ، رَمَادِي (na'am, ramadi) – Yes, gray.

• Person 1: بَيَاضِي ؟ (bayadi?) – White?

• Person 2: نَعَمْ، بَيَاضِي (na'am, bayadi) – Yes, white.

Related lessons

• Animals
• Food
• Family
• Clothes
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Sources

• https://www.omniglot.com/writing/tamazight.htm (the Tamazight language and its writing system)
• https://www.ethnologue.com/language/ber (the Berber languages and their dialects)
• https://www.arabicpod101.com/moroccan-arabic/colors-in-moroccan-arabic/ (colors in Moroccan Arabic)
• https://www.arabicpod101.com/moroccan-arabic/vocabulary-list-colors-in-moroccan-arabic/ (vocabulary list of colors in Moroccan Arabic)