kol كل
Tunisian Derja · adjective
“kol” (كل) is an adjective in Tunisian Derja meaning every, each (before a noun).
Meanings
- every, each (before a noun)
- all (with suffix)
- everyone (lkol)
Usage
Kol comes before the noun. Followed by an indefinite singular noun, it means "every" or "each": kol nhar, "every day". Before a definite noun, it means "the whole": kol el 3a2la, "the whole family". With a pronoun suffix, it means "whole" or "all": kolhom, "all of them"; kolkom, "all of you". Used alone with the article, lkol means "everyone" or "the whole thing". The expressions kol chay or kol chay2, "everything", and kol wa7ed, "everyone", are very common. The doubled l in pronunciation explains the spelling koll.
Example
اااا فهمت كلّ شي
aaaaa fhimt kol cha
“Aaah, I understood everything.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “kol” but also “koll”, “koul”, “kul”, “kool” and “kouli”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “kol” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “each, every”; “all, the whole”: kol in Moroccan.
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “every, each”; “all”: koul in Algerian.