Chapter 4 Flashcards
1
Q
ara
A
look
2
Q
xiħ (m), xjuħ
A
old man, old men
3
Q
ħareġ
A
to go out
4
Q
Ara dak ix-xiħ kif ħareġ barra!
A
Look at that old man, going out like that!
(lit. as he went out)
5
Q
libes
A
to dress, to wear, to put on
6
Q
Hemm x’libes?
A
What’s he wearing?
7
Q
żarbun, żarbuna, żraben
A
żarbun (m) = a pair of shoes
żarbuna (f), żraben = shoe, shoes
8
Q
żarbun aħmar
A
a pair of red shoes
9
Q
miskin, miskina, msieken
A
poor thing, poor things
10
Q
ħaseb
A
to think
11
Q
li
A
that
12
Q
xorob
A
to drink
13
Q
xi ftit
A
a little
14
Q
inbid
A
wine
15
Q
żejjed
A
too much
16
Q
dak dejjem hekk
A
that’s always the case
(lit. he is always so)
17
Q
Kif dejjem hekk?
A
What do you mean, it’s always the case?
18
Q
il-bieraħ ukoll xorob
A
yesterday he was drinking as well
19
Q
kien fis-sakra
A
he was drunk
20
Q
għaliex?
A
why?
21
Q
għax
A
because
22
Q
imdejjaq, imdejqa, imdejqin
A
sad
23
Q
kuljum
A
every day
(kull = every, jum = day)
24
Q
raġel ieħor
A
another man
25
ħabat miegħu
bumped into him
26
min kien?
who was that?
27
ibnu l-kbir
his eldest son
28
bħalu
like him
29
tassew?
is that so?
30
waqa'
to fall
31
it-traffiku kollu waqaf
all the traffic stopped
32
Ma kienx hemm pulizija?
Wasn't there a policeman there?
33
allura?
well then?
34
bagħat
to send
35
bagħat għal
to send for
36
malajr
quickly
37
sewwa għamel
he did the right thing
38
Taf fejn kienet?
Do you know where she was?
39
knisja (f), knejjes
church, churches
40
għand tal-ħanut ta' l-inbid
at the wine shop
41
ħanut (m), ħwienet
shop, shops
42
miskina, kienet imdejqa hi wkoll
poor thing, she was sad as well
