kemmel كمل
Algerian Darja · verb
“kemmel” (كمل) is a verb in Algerian Darja meaning to finish, complete.
Meanings
- to finish, complete
- to continue, keep going
- to complete, fill in
Usage
"Kemmel" first means to see something through to the end: finishing a meal, a job, one's studies. It also means to carry on with what one has started. In the imperative, "kemmel!" is a very common word of encouragement, especially in comments to a content creator: "keep going!". Direct construction: "kemmel khedmtek" (finish your work). It is conjugated regularly: "kemmelt", "nkemmel", "ykemmel". Context tells you whether it means "finish" or "continue". To say that something is finished or used up, the form "tkemmel" or the verb "kmel" is used instead.
Example
كمّل ماكلتك قبل ما تخرج
kemmel makeltek 9bel ma tokhroj
“Finish your meal before you go out.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “kemmel” but also “kammel”, “kmel”, “kemel” and “kamel”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “kemmel” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “to finish, complete”; “to continue, go on”: kmmel in Moroccan.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “to finish, end, complete”; “to continue, carry on”: kammel in Tunisian.