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| Sound (Tri) || ħareġ || ħ·r·ġ || 2. a·e || ''he went out'' |
| Sound (Tri) || ħareġ || ħ·r·ġ || 2. a·e || ''he went out'' |
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| Sound (Quad) || ħarbex || ħ·rb·x || 2. a·e || ''he scribbled'' |
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| Defective || qata' || q·t·għ || 1. a·a || ''he cut'' |
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| Weak || mexa || m·x·j || 4. e·a || ''he walked'' |
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| Hollow || qal || q·w·l || 1. a·a || ''he said'' |
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| Hollow || sab || s·j·b || 1. a·a || ''he found'' |
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| Doubled || habb || h·b·b || 1. a·a || ''he loved'' |
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Revision as of 23:21, 6 May 2011
Maltese and Hebrew
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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. (Triliteral)
- kiteb
- Four consonants, some having two repeated biradical bases. (Quadriliteral)
- 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).
- Verbs that have three non-semivocalic consonants are called sound or strong verbs.
- Verbs that have three radicals, with the last radical being 'għ' or 'j' are called defective or weak verbs.
- Triliteral verbs with long 'a' or 'ie' between 1st and 2nd radicals are called hollow verbs.
- Triliteral verbs with where the second and third radicals are the same are called doubled or geminated verbs.
Examples:
| Type | Example | Cons | Vowel config | Translation |
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| Sound (Tri) | ħareġ | ħ·r·ġ | 2. a·e | he went out |
| Sound (Quad) | ħarbex | ħ·rb·x | 2. a·e | he scribbled |
| Defective | qata' | q·t·għ | 1. a·a | he cut |
| Weak | mexa | m·x·j | 4. e·a | he walked |
| Hollow | qal | q·w·l | 1. a·a | he said |
| Hollow | sab | s·j·b | 1. a·a | he found |
| Doubled | habb | h·b·b | 1. a·a | he loved |
