goul قول
Algerian Darja · verb
“goul” (قول) is a verb in Algerian Darja meaning say! tell! (imperative).
Meanings
- say! tell! (imperative)
- word, statement
Usage
Goul is the singular imperative of the verb "to say" (gal, ygoul) and the most frequent form in writing. It takes pronouns: goulli, "tell me"; goullou, "tell him". The plural is goulou. It also serves as a formula to introduce an example or hypothesis: goul rak f darek, "tell yourself you're at home". As a noun, goul or qawl, "word, saying", belongs mostly to a religious or formal register. The most common pronunciation uses g; q is heard more in certain cities and in religious register.
Example
قولّو يجي غدوة
goullou yji ghodwa
“Tell him to come tomorrow.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “goul” but also “qoul”, “gul”, “9oul” and “gol”. 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 “goul” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “say! (imperative)”; “to say, to utter”: gol in Moroccan.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “say! tell! (imperative)”; “word, statement”: 9oul in Tunisian.