Collective Nouns - Learning Maltese Course for Beginners
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In today's class, we learn about collective nouns, the ''farrad waħdieni'', and how to use numbers and other adjectives with this class of noun. Before engaging with this class, it would perhaps be best to familiarise yourself with Lesson 8 - Counting in Maltese, to better understand the numbers section of today's class.
=========== VOCABULARY TO LEARN ===========
merħba → welcome
saħħa → goodbye
grazzi → thank you
in-nom kolletiv → the collective noun
farrad waħdieni → one split off from many (this is a grammatical term)
tuffieħa, tuffieħ, tuffiħat/tuffiħiet → apple, apples (coll.), apples (regular pl.)
lanġasa, lanġasa, lanġasat → pear, pears (coll.), pears (regular pl.)
ħobża, ħobż, ħobżiet → one loaf of bread, bread (coll.), loaves of bread (regulr pl.)
bajda, bajd, bajdiet → egg, eggs (coll.), eggs (regular pl.)
wieħed, tnejn, tlieta, erbgħa, ħamsa, sitta, sebgħa, tmienja, disgħa, għaxra → 1-10 (cardinal numbers)
żewġ, tliet, erba', ħames, sitt, seba', tmien, disa', għaxar → 2-10 (used as adjectives for multisyllabic nouns)
żewġt, tlett/tlitt, erbat, ħamest, sitt, sebat, tmint, disat, għaxart → 2-10 (used as adjectives for monosyllabic nouns)
uħud → some
fi → in
id, idejn → hand, pair of hands
kuljum → everyday
illum → today
kul, iekol, ieklu → to eat, eat (sing./pl.)
ħabb, ħobb, ħobbu → to love, love (sing./pl.)
għand (preposition) → at
kellu, għand (verb) → to have
għandi, għandek, għandu, għandha, għandna, għandkom, għandhom → I have, you have, he has, she has, we have, you have, they have
ANSWERS TO EXERCISE IN VIDEO ===============
ħuta, ħut, ħutiet → one fish, fish (coll.), fish (regular pl.)
dubbiena, dubbien, dubbiniet → a fly, flies (coll.), flies (regular pl.)
werqa, weraq, werqat → leaf, leaves (coll.), leaves (regular pl.)
tarġa, taraġ, tarġiet → step, steps (coll.), steps (regular pl.)