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+ | ==Maltese verbs== |
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+ | No infinitive. Stem is third person singular, masculine perfect tense. |
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+ | Second verb infinitive does not exist, instead both verbs are conjugated. "I want to eat" = "I want I eat" |
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+ | A verbal stem can consist of: |
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+ | # Three consonants (radicals) with the medial radical between one of six vowel combinations. |
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+ | #* '''k'''i'''t'''e'''b |
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+ | # Four consonants, some having two repeated biradical bases. |
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+ | # Two consonants, or a consonant and a semivowel |
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+ | In verbs with 'għ' or a + 'j' as the third radical, only have the first two radicals in the stem word which ends in 'a' (open syllable). |
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+ | ==See also== |
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* [[/Pending tests|Pending tests]] |
* [[/Pending tests|Pending tests]] |
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Maltese verbs
No infinitive. Stem is third person singular, masculine perfect tense.
Second verb infinitive does not exist, instead both verbs are conjugated. "I want to eat" = "I want I eat"
A verbal stem can consist of:
- Three consonants (radicals) with the medial radical between one of six vowel combinations.
- kiteb
- Four consonants, some having two repeated biradical bases.
- Two consonants, or a consonant and a semivowel
In verbs with 'għ' or a + 'j' as the third radical, only have the first two radicals in the stem word which ends in 'a' (open syllable).