kammel كمل
Tunisian Derja · verb
“kammel” (كمل) is a verb in Tunisian Derja meaning to finish, end, complete.
Meanings
- to finish, end, complete
- to continue, carry on
- to complete, add what is missing
Usage
Kammel is a very common verb meaning both "to finish" and "to continue". Context decides: kammel makeltek means "finish your meal", whereas kammel, kammel invites someone to carry on with their story. Followed by another verb, it marks continuation: nkammel nekhdem, "I keep on working". As a participle, kemel or kemla means "whole, complete". The pitfall for an English speaker is always translating it as "finish", when the sense of "continue" is frequent. The present is formed as follows: nkammel, tkammel, ykammel. The imperative is kammel.
Example
كمّل ريڨل امور ال خدمة و طلعنا معه .
kammel riguel oumour l 5edma w tla3na m3ah .
“He finished sorting out the work matters and we went up with him.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “kammel” but also “kamel”, “kamil”, “kammil” and “kamal”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “kammel” 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 Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “to finish, complete”; “to continue, keep going”: kemmel in Algerian.