Verb ''to be'', Indefinite Article, Gender & Number - Learning Maltese Course for Beginners
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In today's class, we learn how to use the most important verb of them all - the verb ''to be'' - as well as some commentary on the indefinite article (i.e. ''a, an'') in Maltese. I also introduce the concept of gender (male, female) and number (singular, plural) in the language.
=========== VOCABULARY TO LEARN ===========
merħba → welcome
saħħa → goodbye
grazzi → thank you
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)
m'iniex → I am not
m'intix → you are not
m'huwiex/mhux → he is not
m'hijiex/mhix → she is not
m'aħniex → we are not
m'intomx → you (pl.) are not
m'humiex → they are not
dan, din, dawn → this (m/f), these
dak, dik, dawk → that (m/f), those
hawn → here
hemm → there
kemm → how (much/many)
xi/x' → what
raġel/rġiel → man/men
mara/nisa → woman/women
student/studenta/studenti → student (m/f), students
għalliem/għalliema/għalliema → teacher (m/f), teachers
skola/skejjel → school
tifel/tifla/tfal → boy/girl/children
ktieb/kotba → book/books
mejda/mwejjed → table/tables
siġġu/siġġijiet → chair/chairs
bieb/bibien → door/doors
ħajt/ħitan → wall/walls
art/artijiet → floor/floors (also: ground/land/country)
saqaf/soqfa → ceiling
kbir/kbira/kbar → big
żgħir/żgħira/żgħar → small
ġdid/ġdida/ġodda → new
qadim/qadima/qodma → old (for objects)
xiħ/xiħa/xjuħ → old (for people, animals)
interessanti → interesting
diffiċli → difficult
kapaċi → capable
kuntent/kuntenta/kuntenti → happy/content
faċli → easy