tgouli تقولي
Moroccan Darija · verb
“tgouli” (تقولي) is a verb in Moroccan Darija meaning you say (fem.).
Meanings
- you say (fem.)
- as if, it seems like
Usage
Tgouli is the second person feminine singular of the imperfect of gal (to say). It is found after bghiti, ghadi, kenti bagha, or with the prefix ka-: katgouli. Like tgoul, it is also used at the start of a sentence with the fixed meaning "it seems like": tgouli galsa m3a lbrani, "it looks like you're sitting with strangers". In this use, it is not necessarily addressed to a woman. Note: in writing, tgouli can also stand for tgoul liya, "you tell me". The q is pronounced g in most regions.
Example
شنو بغيتي تقولي زعما؟
chnou bghiti tgouli z3ma?
“What exactly did you want to say?”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “tgouli” but also “tgoli”, “t9ouli”, “t9oli” and “tqouli”. 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 “tgouli” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “you tell me, she tells me”; “as if, you'd think”: t9oli in Algerian.