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Why learn Maltese?
Communication skills developed while learning Maltese can improve your interpersonal skills in your native langauge as well. Four out of five new jobs in the US are created as a result of foreign trade. Creativity is increased with the study of Maltese. Maltese expand one's view of the world, liberalize one's experiences, and make one more flexible and tolerant.
Maltese is a Semitic language spoken by about 520,000 Maltese people of Malta.How Long Does it Take to Learn Maltese?
*** NOTES *** Maltese is an official language of Malta and is spoken on its three islands: Malta, Goza and Comino. The islands developed their own language despite - or because of - being occupied by various powers over the centuries. Maltese evolved from an Arabic dialect spoken in Spain and Sicily during the Middle Ages and has influences of Italian and Sicilian and, to a lesser extent, English and French.
Maltese Alphabet & Pronunciation
[a,ɐ,æ]
[b]
[t͡ʃ]
[d]
[ɨ,e,ɛ]
[f]
[d͡ʒ]
[ɡ]
[ˤː]
[--]
[h,ħ]
[i,ɪ]
[ɪ,ɛ,ɨː]
[j]
[k]
[l]
[m]
[n]
[o,ɔ]
[p]
[ʔ]
[r]
[s]
[t]
[u,ʊ]
[v]
[w]
[ʃ,ʒ]
[z]
[t͡s,d͡z]
Basic Phrases in Maltese
Hello | Bongu |
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Goodbye | Addiju |
Yes | Iva |
No | Le |
Excuse me | Skużani |
Please | Jekk jogħġbok |
Thank you | Grazzi |
You are welcome | Ta 'xejn |
Do you speak english | Taf titkellem bl-Ingliż? |
Do you understand | Qed tifhem? |
I understand | Fhimt |
I do not understand | Jien ma nifhimx |
How are you | Kif inti? |
Fine thanks | Tajjeb grazzi! |
What is your name | X'inhu ismek? |
My name is | Jien jisimni |
Pleased to meet you | Bi pjaċir narak |
Maltese Grammar
Maltese Nouns
Man | Raġel |
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Woman | Mara |
Boy | Tifel |
Girl | Tifla |
Cat | Qattus |
Dog | Kelb |
Fish | ħut |
Water | Ilma |
Milk | ħalib |
Egg | Bajda |
House | Dar |
Flower | Fjura |
Tree | Siġra |
Shirt | Qmis |
Pants | Qliezet |
Maltese Adjectives
Colors in Maltese
Black | Iswed |
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White | Abjad |
Red | Aħmar |
Orange | Oranġjo |
Yellow | Isfar |
Green | Aħdar |
Blue | Blu |
Purple | Vjola |
Pink | Roża |
Gray | Griż |
Brown | Kannella |
Numbers in Maltese
Zero | żero |
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One | Waħda |
Two | Tnejn |
Three | Tlieta |
Four | Erbgħa |
Five | Ħamsa |
Six | Sitta |
Seven | Sebgħa |
Eight | Tmienja |
Nine | Disgħa |
Ten | Għaxra |
Eleven | Ħdax |
Twelve | Tnax |
Twenty | Għoxrin |
Thirty | Tletin |
Forty | Erbgħin |
Fifty | ħamsin |
Sixty | Sittin |
Seventy | Sebgħin |
Eighty | Tmenin |
Ninety | Disgħin |
Hundred | Mija |
Thousand | Elf |
Maltese Verbs
To be | Li tkun |
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To have | Li jkollok |
To want | Li trid |
To need | Biex ikollok bżonn |
To help | Tghin |
To go | Biex tmur |
To come | Li ġejjin |
To eat | Biex tiekol |
To drink | Tixrob |
To speak | Biex titkellem |
Building Simple Sentences
More Complex Maltese Sentences
And | U |
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Or | Jew |
But | Imma |
Because | Ghax |
With | Ma |
Also | Ukoll |
However | Madankollu |
Neither | Ebda |
Nor | Lanqas |
If | Jekk |
Then | Mela |
Useful Maltese Vocabulary
Maltese Questions
Who | Min |
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What | Xiex |
When | Meta |
Where | Fejn |
Why | Għaliex |
How | Kif |
How many | Kemm |
How much | Kemm |
Days of the Week in Maltese
Monday | It-Tnejn |
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Tuesday | It-Tlieta |
Wednesday | L-Erbgħa |
Thursday | Il-Ħamis |
Friday | Nhar il-Ġimgħa |
Saturday | Sibt |
Sunday | Ħadd |
Yesterday | Ilbieraħ |
Today | Illum |
Tomorrow | Għada |
Months in Maltese
January | Jannar |
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February | Frar |
March | Marzu |
April | April |
May | Mejju |
June | Ġunju |
July | Lulju |
August | Awissu |
September | Settembru |
October | Whiringa-ā-nuku |
November | Novembru |
December | Diċembru |
Seasons in Maltese
Winter | Ix-xitwa |
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Spring | Fir-rebbiegħa |
Summer | Fis-sajf |
Autumn | ħarifa |
Telling Time in Maltese
What time is it | X'ħin hu? |
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Hours | Siegħa |
Minutes | Minuta |
Seconds | Sekonda |
O clock | |
Half | Nofs |
Quarter past | Kwart fil-passat |
Before | Qabel |
After | Wara |