9oul قول
Tunisian Derja · verb
“9oul” (قول) is a verb in Tunisian Derja meaning say! tell! (imperative).
Meanings
- say! tell! (imperative)
- word, statement
Usage
9oul is the masculine singular imperative of the verb 9al (to say). The feminine is 9ouli and the plural is 9oulou. It takes l- to mark the person being addressed: "9oul l khouk" (tell your brother). With a pronoun, the vowel shortens: 9olli (tell me), 9ollou (tell him). The word also works as an interjection to prompt the other person: "9oul!" (go ahead, speak). As a noun it means "word" or "speech", but this use is more formal.
Example
قول لخوك يجي
9oul l khouk yji
“Tell your brother to come.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “9oul” but also “qoul”, “9ol”, “goul” and “kol”. 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 “9oul” 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 Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “say! tell! (imperative)”; “word, statement”: goul in Algerian.