Maltese - 10 Flashcards by mark Iblah

mħadda - mħaded

pillow

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iċ-ċpar

mist

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niexef - niexfa - nexfin

dry

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mxarrab - a - in

wet

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dgħajjef - a - in

weak, faint, feeble

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għad fadal

għad fadal sitt xhur / sitta

għad fadal xi nies

għad fadallu sitta

m’għad fadalli xejn / xejn iżjed

there is still (something) left

there are still six months left / there are still six left

there are still some people left

he still has six left

I have nothing left / I have no more left

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m’għad fadalli xejn / xejn iżjed

I have nothing left / I have no more left

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ddispjaċa

jiddispjaċi+ni
jiddispjaċini / ma jiddispjaċinix

iddispjaċini
ma ddispjaċinix

jiddispjaċi+k / ma jiddispjaċikx

jiddispjaċih / ma jiddispjaċihx

jiddispjaċiha
ma jiddispjaċihiex /ma.jid.dis.pja.ċi.’ji:x/

to be sorry

I am sorry / I’m not sorry

I was sorry / I wasn’t sorry

You are sorry / you aren’t sorry

he is sorry / he isn’t sorry

she is sorry / she isn’t sorry

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sewwieq - a - a

driver

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ħaraq
CNN1 B

ħaraqni

to burn, infuriate

he infuriated me

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ħaríġni - he took me out

toħlómna

he took me out

you dream about us

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ħarat

CCN1 B - ĦARAQ

to plough, to till

to surpass, win by a long margin (us. sport)

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ġiex = żewġ

ġixt = żewġt ¨

ġix.tif.liex.ken

two - ġiex

two bottles

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X’għidtilha?

X’għidtulha?

what did you tell her?

sing. & pl.

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nid.ħ.qu - NIT.ĦQU pronounce

nidħqu - pronounce

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wiġibni

answer me

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għaref - għarfa - għorriefa

wise, knowledgeable

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BIEGĦ - inbigħ - jbigħ - inbigħu

begħt
biegħet
begħna - tu
biegħu

WV - CCN2
invisible 2nd Root - J or W

to sell, he sells

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kitibni
ħaraqni
ħariġni

niktibha
naħraqha
noħroġha

he wrote me
he infuriated / burned me
he took me out

I write her
I infuriate / burn her
I take her out

Due to a change of the accent: consonant+vowel-suffix EK/OK, U is added →

2nd variable vowel - ‘e’ (weak), - becomes ‘i’
2nd variable vowel - ‘a’ or an ‘o’ - no change occurs

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titlifna - TILEF CCN5B
titlaqna
toħlomna

jiksirkom
jaqsámkom
joqtólkom
CCN8A - QATEL (v. rare)

she loses us
she leaves us - CCN4B
she dreams about us -CCN9B

he embarrasses / breaks you (pl) -CCN5A
he divides you (pl)
he kills you (pl)

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teħlishom
CCN3B -ĦEBER - QERED (destroy)

tiftaħhom
tixrobhom

she frees them

she opens them
CCN4A - E-A

she drinks them
UNIQUE

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ħeles - jeħles
ħlist - ħelset - ħelsu

CCN3B
ĦEBER - QERED (destroy)

to save, free, liberate

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kisrek
telqek

naħarqek
naħarqu

EK-OK-U - ALL Mamma forms & Imperfect Singular forms of Type 1 Strong Verbs (CCN1-9A), the 2nd Variable Vowel must be removed:

he embarrassed you
he left you

I infuriate / burn you
I infuriate / burn him

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jitilqek
jitilqu

teħilsek
teħilsu

he leaves you
he leaves him

she frees you
she frees him

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naħarqek naħarqu jiftħek jiftħu tiksrek tiksru

I burn you I burn him he opens you he opens it (masc) she embarrasses you she embarrasses him EK/OK, U rule - ends in Kons. ALL MAMMA forms & IMP. SING. TYPE A → 2nd Variable Vowel REMOVED ATTN - TYPE AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

baħri - n

sailor

saqajh huma maħmuġin

his feet are dirty

oħti għandha widnejn kbar ħafna oħti għandha widnejha kbar ħafna

my sister has big ears

konna bil-qiegħda meta daħal

we were sitting down when he came in

ommi xtratli ħamest ilbiesi lbieraħ

my mother bought me five dresses yesterday

waqa' mill-bejt u kiser siequ, xi kustilji u erbat iswaba'

he fell from the roof and broke his leg, some ribs and four fingers

F'Malta hemm ħafna għaddasa. It-tgħaddis hu sport popolari ħafna.

In Malta there are many divers. Diving is a very popular sport

xkora - xkejjer

sack

Lhudi - ja - Lhud

Jew

qarrieqi

misleading, fallacious, deceitful

jitlifni - JITLEF - KEEP 2nd Var. 2nd euph. vowel changes for accent nitilfek - Rem 2nd var. vow, ADD euph jitilfu jitlef + ek or u 2nd var. vowel DROPS + adding of euphonic vowel - TypeB jitilfek , jitilfu jitlef + ni or ha (consonant direct object suffixes) 2nd. var. vowel is kept + since the 2nd var. vowel is an E, this turns into an I due to the acquisition of the accent CCN 5B - TILEF

he loses me I lose you he loses him

jitilfu kitbu jitlef + ek or u 2nd var. vowel drops + adding of euphonic vowel because of the 2nd root L jitIlfek , jitIlfu jitlef + ni or ha (consonant direct object suffixes) 2nd. var. vowel is kept + since the 2nd var. vowel is an E, this turns into an I due to the acquisition of the accent

he loses him he wrote it

jaħartek taha ħarat CCN1 B ĦARAQ

he surpasses you he gave her

fired tifridkom CCN5 B TILEF ħarġitni

to separate she separates you pl. she took me out

hemeż - jehmeż - jehemżu tehmżu; tehimżu ħemiżt - ħemżet ħemiżna - tu ħemżu CCN3 - extra CCN3 - ĦEBER

to attach she attaches it msc

tefa - jitfi - jitfu tfejt - tfiet - tfejna - tfew WV CCN3 /7 ĠERA

to turn off

tar - t-j-r tajra tajjar titjira

to fly - radicals - hidden middle kite to cause to fly, to explode flight

kien għad fadallu kien għad fadallek etc.

he had some left you had some left

oranġo | invariable

orange

xħud - xieħed xehed - CCN5 - KISER SEĦED - to curse widintha; widnejha

witness to testify her ear

widintha; widnejha sieqi saqajja - my leg , my legs, my two legs

her ear my leg (spec. one) my leg, -s, two legs

mawra

tour, walk, excursion

``` wasal waqa' waqaf - stop weħel - to be joined together, stuck wiret wiżen - to weigh weġa' ```

Weak Verbs First Form Type 1 | First R = W

għarwien - a - għarwenin / għarwinin

naked

mġiba diportament komportament

behaviour (3)

xieraq

appropriate, decent, just, right

ħtieġ ħtieġa

to be necessary need, necessity

smigħ persuni neqsin mis-smigħ

hearing deaf people

taħriġ

training

wiret jiret - jirtu wiritt / writt / uritt wirtet wiritna / writna / uritna wirittu / writtu / urittu WV Type 1 - 1st root is W

to inherit

WERA -- juri - juru werejt / urejt weriet / uriet werejna / urejna werejtu / urejtu werew / urew Uri! Uru! Pp. muri, murija, murijin

to show, reveal (conj) | die Konjugation vereint die Besonderheiten des assmilierten und des defektiven verbs

wiżen jiżen - jiżnu wiżint wiżnet wiżinna - tu wiżnu WV Type 1

to weigh

waqa' tliet sulari

he fell three stories

waqa' - jaqa' - jaqgħu waqajt / waqajna waqgħet waqgħu Weak Verb - CCN1

to fall, drop

qabeż mis-sodda CCN2 - ĦADEM

to jump out of bed

qagħad bil-qiegħda CCN7b BARAX - jobrox - barxet

to sit down

weġa - juġa - juġgħu weġajt weġgħet weġgħu

to hurt, ache

barax jobrox-joborxu braxt barxet barxu CCN7B BARAX CCN7A - RAQAD (sleep)

to scrape, erase

ġera jiġri - jiġru ġrejt ġriet ġrew WV - CCN7 ĠERA

to run

teħilsek ħlistek ħlistni

she frees you I freed you you freed me

ħelsu ħelsuhom jiftħu jieħdu

he freed him they freed them he opens it he takes him

fetħu ħadu

he opened it he took him

iFJeN

finer (special comparative)

tasal iċ-Ċirkewwa xi siegħa wara

it arrives in Ċirkewwa about an hour later (bus)

il-vapur jitlaq miċ-Ċirkewwa għal Għawdex

the boat leaves from Ċirkewwa for Gozo

seraq jisraq - jisirqu - sraqt tisraqx tisirqux CCN4B TELAQ

to steal don't steal (sing. & pl)

The 1st consonant n of the 1st Person sing. and plural of the Present Tense changes to match with J, M and R if the verb begins with these,thus- (i) mmur (for nmur), I go; (i)mmorru (for nmorru), we go (i) rrid (for nrid), I want; (i)rridu (for nridu) we want

Consonants which change in 1st pers. sing. & plur.

Kienet toqgħod

she used to live

L-ittra llum ma ktibthiex Niktibha (or) sa niktibha għada

I didn't write the letter today I shall write it tomorrow

i)nkun tkun,kun/jkun (i)nkunu ikunu/jkunu Inkun hemm kuljum

Verb to be,future tense for habitual present I'm there every day

ikolli, - ok, etc Ikolli nikri taxi Ikolli nistudja biex ngħaddi mill-eżami

I will have, I will have to, I must I will have to hire a taxi I will have to study to pass the exam

xtaq jixtieq - jixtiequ xtaqt xtaqet - na -tu xtaqu CCN7 or 8

to want

aħjar tikteb l-ittra llum milli għada

you'd better write the letter today rather than tomorrow

fit-tmienja u nofs

at 8:30

beża' CCN4 AGĦ3 SETA' FETAĦ

to be afraid

beżgħet li ma tkunx fil-ħin

she was afraid she wouldn't be on time

il-bieba tal-karozza

the car door (small door)

wħud

some

qaleb qaleb it-temp qaleb il-paġna tilef il-qaleb u il-ġbejna qaleb il-gwardarobba CCN2 B QALEB ĦADEM

``` to turn, turn over, shift to turn (page) ``` the weather changed to turn the page to lose everything (not related to qaleb verb) meaning wicker-basket, mould to mess up the wardrobe, throwing things out etc

huwa se jaħbar ir-riżultati għada CCN1A QASAM - ĦABAR

he will announce the results tomorrow.

din is-sena l-bejgħ tal-ħut sejjer tajjeb ħafna.

this year the selling of fish is going very well

XATT QATT

x'għidt? qgħadt Pronounciation

qawl - qwiel

proverb

debba - iet

mare, female horse

għidtlu għidtilha għidtilhom għidt.i.lkom

``` I /you told him her them you plur ```

wassal Form II Weak Verb

to take home, escort

jiħodni - jeħodni tiħodha - teħodha jieħdok

he takes me you / she takes her he takes you

sħiħ- sħiħa - sħaħ

whole

Ħalfet LI qatt ma tiġi lura F'dan il-post. ĦalfitHA (ħaġa) Dan ħalfitu. Ħalfitu dan. il-ħalf ĦALEF CCN2B - QALEB

she swore / vowed never to return to this place. she swore it swearing

ħolom joħlom - joħolmu ħolomt - ħolom - ħolmOt ħolomna - tu - ħolmu CCN9 B ĦOLOM ROĦOS

to dream

niħódkom / neħódkom teħódni / tiħódni ħadu /ħadha / ħadkom / ħadhom

I take you (pl.) you take me he took him / her / you plur / them The verb ĦA is irregular because its invisible root D reappears when a pronominal suffix is added to Singular Forms

jiħudha / jeħudha jieħdok tiħodni / teħodni ħadniek

they take her he takes you you take me we took you (sing) The verb ĦA is irregular because its invisible root D reappears when a pronominal suffix is added to Singular Forms

ħaduni ħadhom ħaditu nieħdok / niħduk

they took me he took them she took it I take you / we take you The verb ĦA is irregular because its invisible root D reappears when a pronominal suffix is added to Singular Forms

difer dirfejha

nail (hand) her nail / nails

jieħdok / jiħodni jiħduk / jiħduha

he takes him / me they take him / her

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