How to say “say” in Darija
In Moroccan, you say “tgoul”, “gol”, “goul”, “tgouli”, “gal”, “ygoul”, “tgoulou”, “ngoulou” and “ygoulou”; in Algerian, “goul” and “tgoulou”; in Tunisian, “9al” and “9oul”.
In Moroccan Darija
tgoul تقول
A verb meaning “you say (masc.); she says”; “as if, you'd think”.
أش بغيتي تقول: “What do you want to say?”
gol قول
A verb meaning “say! (imperative)”; “to say, to utter”.
قول بسم الله: “Say "bismillah".”
goul ڭول
A verb meaning “say! (imperative of "to say")”; “goalkeeper (informal)”.
ڭول أش عندك: “Tell me, what's wrong?”
tgouli تقولي
A verb meaning “you say (fem.)”; “as if, it seems like”.
شنو بغيتي تقولي زعما؟: “What exactly did you want to say?”
gal قال
A verb meaning “to say”; “to tell, report”.
اشنو قال ليك: “What did he say to you?”
ygoul يقول
A verb meaning “to say, let him say”; “to tell, to claim”.
مكاين لي يقول ليك لا: “There is nobody who will say no to you.”
tgoulou تقولوا
A verb meaning “you (plural) say”.
شنو بغيتو تقولو ليه؟: “What do you want to tell him?”
ngoulou نقولوا
A verb meaning “we say, (that) we say”.
شنو نقولو ليه؟: “What do we say to him?”
ygoulou يقولوا
A verb meaning “they say, let them say”; “people say, it is said”.
كيقولو بلي غادي تشتا غدا: “They say it's going to rain tomorrow.”
In Algerian Darja
goul قول
A verb meaning “say! tell! (imperative)”; “word, statement”.
قولّو يجي غدوة: “Tell him to come tomorrow.”
tgoulou تقولوا
A verb meaning “you (pl.) say”.
واش تقولوا على هاد الشي؟: “What do you all say about this?”
In Tunisian Derja
9al قال
A verb meaning “to say”; “to tell, to report”.
و قالوا لي للّا: “And they told me no.”
9oul قول
A verb meaning “say! tell! (imperative)”; “word, statement”.
قول لخوك يجي: “Tell your brother to come.”