The Past Tense - Learning Maltese Course for Beginners
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In today's class, we learn how to use our very first tense in Maltese - the past tense (il-perfett). With the way Maltese verbs and words is structured, it makes logical sense to begin with this tense first, and to tackle the present tense later on. This is because of the presence of the ''mamma'' and the ''għerq''. All will be discussed in today's lecture.
=========== VOCABULARY TO LEARN ===========
merħba → welcome
saħħa → goodbye
grazzi → thank you
il-perfett → the past (tense)
mamma → the stem (similar to the ''infinitive'' in English)
għerq, għeruq → the root/s (for e.g., the root of ''kiteb'' for ''k-t-b'')
jien/jiena → I (or me)
int/inti → you (singular)
hu/huwa → he (or him)
hi/hija → she (or her)
aħna → we (or us)
intom → you (plural)
huma → they (or them)
kiteb → to write
libes → to wear/dress
daħal → to enter
ħareġ → to leave
xorob → to drink
għamel → to do
għalaq → to close
kien → to be
''għand'' → to have
ktieb, kotba → book/s
libsa, lbiesi → dress/es
daħla, daħliet → entrance/s
ħruġ, ħarġiet → exit/s
xarba, xarbiet → drink/s (alcohol)
għamla → make (of a product)
għeluq → closure
kines → to sweep
kiser → to break
fetaħ → to open
mar → to go
sar → to become
kiel → to eat
ANSWERS TO EXERCISE IN VIDEO ===============
daħal → dħalt, dħalt, daħal, daħlet, dħalna, dħaltu, daħlu
ħareġ → ħriġt, ħriġt, ħareġ, ħarġet, ħriġna, ħriġtu, ħarġu
xorob → xrobt, xrobt, xorob, xorbot, xrobna, xrobtu, xorbu
għamel → għamilt, għamilt, għamel, għamlet, għamilna, għamiltu, għamlu
għalaq → għalaqt, għalaqt, għalaq, għalqet, għalaqna, għalaqtu, għalqu