Berber words from Merzouga region in Sahara Desert

List of Berber vocabulary from the southeast region of Tafilalet, including Merzouga village, Rissani and Erfoud. Most of the words here are Tachelhit Berber languages, but some are also a mix of Moroccan derija dialect and French.

How are you?

meitanite?

Everything alright?

Te-he-ná rur-che?

How is you family? ( how is your house? )

Lá básse aite tadarte?

Bread

Arrerume

I eat with spoon

Dâte-setárre, tse-tarren-jaute

Water

Aman

Me

Qui-in

You

Chi-in

Key

Tassarute

Is everything ok?

Kul-chi meziane?

Numbers

1-Ian

2-Sin

3-Krade

4-Cheráde

Come here

Adúde

Go away, move!

Sir lehe

Get out of my way

Balik a’brid

Lets go?

Andú?

Orange

Limone

Where are you?

Fin’rák?

What do you want? What’s going on?!

Chenú berríte?

Onion

Besse-lá

Salt

Tissinte

Tomato

Máticha

Carrot

Risou

Vegetables

Roudár

Tea

atei

Fly / flies

Izi / izan

Cat

lemouche

Olive Oil

Zid-le-húde ( make strenght with the throat in the “hú” and make a long sound on the “+u” )

Mix of Berber and Moroccan dialect:

It’s impossible to sleep with this high temperature

Má-em mkine-che násse mezine fi serruniá

At the moment I don’t want,please my friend go away

Má-berrite-che hada daba ya sahebi, iá-lá sir lehê!

I don’t want,give me the money!

Má-berrite-che, á-teí-ni l’flusse!