golti قلتي
Algerian Darja · verb
“golti” (قلتي) is a verb in Algerian Darja meaning you said.
Meanings
- you said
Usage
Qolti (or golti depending on the region) is the second person singular past of the verb qal / gal, "to say". In Darja, this form is used for both a man and a woman. Common constructions: qoltli, "you told me"; qolti aâlih, "you talked about him"; wach qolti?, "what did you say?". The pronunciation of q varies: q in cities, g in much of the East, the South and the countryside. When writing in Latin letters, q is also written with the digit 9.
Example
واش قلتي؟ ماسمعتكش
wach 9olti ? ma sma3tekch
“What did you say? I didn't hear you.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “golti” but also “9olti”, “qolti” and “kolti”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 9 is qaf (ق), a k pronounced at the back of the throat.
Type “golti” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “you said”; “you told yourself, you thought”: glti in Moroccan.