Awar n Arif teaches you Tarifit — the Amazigh language of the Rif in northern Morocco, the way it is spoken in Nador (Taqir'isht). At home people say Tmazight; books write Tamazight. In English you will mostly find it as “Berber” — a word that goes back to “barbarian”, and not one we use ourselves. Not an off-the-shelf course, but put together by a native speaker, with the forms people actually use.
WHAT YOU GET
• 114 lessons across 23 chapters, each building on the last
• A dictionary with almost 900 words and phrases, searchable and browsable by topic — almost all of them recorded
• 150 sentences, taken apart word by word in colour — every explanation a tap away
• Exercises: spot the meaning, match pairs, build sentences — over 300 sentence-building tasks
• 13 picture lessons: Ziri says the word, you point at it in the picture
• Help when you get stuck: 50:50 and reveal the answer — listening is always free
• XP, stars and a daily streak keep you going — and if you miss a day, you can save your streak
TALK WITH ZIRI
Nine full conversations: at the doctor, at the market, on the phone with Yemma, getting to know someone, making plans. Ziri asks, you choose your answer — and he reacts to it. In the answer trainer each level drops one aid, until you answer freely.
PRACTISE SPEAKING
Listen to a sentence, say it yourself, then play both back one after the other. Your recording stays on your device and is discarded after the exercise.
GRAMMAR — FINALLY UNDERSTAND WHY
47 cards: “X is Y” with the small d/t in between, the two brackets of negation (wa … ca and wa … bo), why relatives are always “my X”, when to say xmi and when märä. Most come with a quick self-check. Plus 37 reference tables with full conjugations.
THE TRANSLATION HELPER
Type a sentence in English, German, Dutch, Spanish or French and the app shows you how to say it in Tarifit. It works offline with the app's vocabulary: simple sentences work well, complex grammar not yet.
YOUR OWN QUIZ
Mark the words that won't stick, and the app builds a round out of them.
THE CALCULATOR FOR THE SOUK
Dirham, frank or doro — the calculator turns it into one number you have in your head before you ask.
START FREE — PREMIUM WHEN YOU WANT MORE
Try it without an account: the first three chapters are free, along with the dictionary and a daily round of the translation helper, with audio. If it suits you, Premium takes you further:
• All lessons at once — and every future one
• Free choice of lesson: skip what you already know — ideal if you start with some background
• All picture lessons, all conversations with Ziri and the answer trainer up to level 4
• Listen to sentences: every sentence and most of the words in it one by one — one voice, from Nador
• Sentence quiz: build the sentences from their blocks — starting with the ones you did not know
• The translation helper any time
• “Recently difficult”: your stumbling words marked in the dictionary, for focused review
• Completely ad-free, every hint without a video
And as a thank-you: after a 5-day streak we give you two days of Premium to try out.
REAL RECORDINGS FROM NADOR
Over 1200 recordings, all by the same person — a native speaker from Nador. One voice from the first lesson to the last, no changing speakers.
ORIGIN & SPELLING
Every word shows where it comes from — original Amazigh, Arabic or Spanish loanword, colour-coded. And you pick the spelling: official with ɣ ḥ c ḍ ǧ ɛ, or classic with gh 7 sh dh dj 3.
WHO IS IT FOR?
For everyone with Rif roots who wants to (re)learn their family's language — and for everyone connected to Nador through a partner or a friend who finally wants to talk with the family.
App interface available in German, English, Spanish, Dutch, French and Darija.
Azul — let's get started!
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New: the translation helper
Type a sentence in English, German, Dutch, Spanish or French and the app shows you how to say it in Tarifit. It works offline with the app's vocabulary: simple sentences work well, complex grammar not yet. You'll find it in the menu under "Tools". 15 minutes free once a day, any time with Premium. You can listen to every translation, even without Premium.
New: the app in Darija
Menus, explanations and translations are now also available in Darija (الدارجة) – for everyone who'd rather learn Tarifit through Darija. Switch it in the settings under "Language".
New: listening in the review
Before every review you choose: with sound or without. With sound you hear some words and pick what they mean – training your ear. Without sound, for example on the train, it works as before.
Your choice
After a few lessons Ziri suggests a review – but you can also go straight on to the next lesson.
New lessons
• "How are you?" in the first chapter, free for everyone.
• Four new chapters with Premium: "Shopping & supplies" (Hungry, thirsty, full · At the shop · Fruit from the market · a new picture to point at), "Yesterday, tomorrow, next year", "Nature & Countryside" (Outdoors · Sky & seasons · Month, year, half · Garden & field · Animals & pantry) and "Home, Body & People" (In the house · Body & wellbeing · People & town · Doing & describing).
Conversations with Ziri
• New scene "Making plans": an invitation, the time, saying yes.
• More paths in the familiar scenes: "Sbaḥ lxir" as a greeting, the reception at the doctor's and "A kilo of …, please" at the market.
Also: around 300 new recordings from Nador, including ora (also) and azyen n (half of), and over 40 new words in the dictionary.
Version 3.3.1
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Information
Seller
oussama karimi
Size
52.9 MB
Category
Education
Compatibility
Requires iOS 15.0 or later.
iPhone Requires iOS 15.0 or later.
iPad Requires iPadOS 15.0 or later.
iPod touch Requires iOS 15.0 or later.
Mac Requires macOS 12.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.