kalmi ro7ek كالمي روحك
Algerian Darja · expression
“kalmi ro7ek” (كالمي روحك) is an expression in Algerian Darja meaning calm down.
Meanings
- calm down
- take it easy
Usage
Kalmi ro7ek is a very common expression for telling someone to calm down. It is based on the French verb "calmer", absorbed into darja (kalma, ykalmi), followed by ro7ek, "yourself". The same form is used for a man or a woman; the plural is kalmiw rwa7kom. The tone is informal. Depending on intonation, the expression can soothe or, on the contrary, sound curt and irritate. You also hear just "kalmi" or the Arabic equivalent "hadden rou7ek".
Example
كالمي روحك، ماكاش مشكل.
kalmi ro7ek, makach mochkil.
“Calm down, there's no problem.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “kalmi ro7ek” but also “calmi rou7ek”, “kalmi rouhek” and “kalmi ro7k”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 7 is ha (ح), a breathy h from the throat.