The Definite Article - Learning Maltese Course for Beginners
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In today's class, we learn how to use definite article ''the'' in Maltese, which translates to ''il-'', and many other variations. I will speak also of vowels (vokali), sun consonants (konsonanti xemxin), and moon consonants (konsonanti qamrin).
=========== VOCABULARY TO LEARN ===========
merħba → welcome
saħħa → goodbye
grazzi → thank you
vokali → vowel
konsonanti → consonant
konsonanti xemxin → sun consonant
konsonanti qamrin → moon consonant
xemx → sun
qamar → moon
artiklu → article
il- , l- , l-i , iċ- , id- , in- , ir- , is- , it- , ix- , iz- , iż- → the
għasfur/għasfura/għasafar → bird/s
hena → happiness
student/studenta/studenti → student (m/f), students
skola/skejjel → school/s
dar/djar → house/s
triq/toroq → street/s
tifel/tifla/tfal → boy/girl/children
lanġasa/lanġas → pear/s
mara/nisa → woman/women
raġel/rġiel → man/men
zokk/zkuk → branch/es (of a tree)
xkora/xkejjer → sack
ikel → food
għamara → furniture
Mdina, Msida → localities in Malta
ANSWERS TO EXERCISE IN VIDEO ===============
dar → id-dar
tifel → it-tifel
lanġasa → il-lanġasa
mara → il-mara
zokk → iz-zokk
Msida → L-Imsida
xkora → l-ixkora
ikel → l-ikel
għamara → l-għamara