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This is a list of verbs in the present tense in Maltese. First let's start with the raw format before conjugating the verbs to the present form. Make sure to compare this table and the one below it.
| To see: Tkellem |
| To write: Kiteb |
| To love: Ħabb |
| To give: Ta |
| To play: Lagħab |
| To read: Qara |
| To understand: Fehem |
| To have: Kellu |
| To know: Af |
| To learn: Tgħallem |
| To think: Ħaseb |
| To work: Ħadem |
| To speak: Tkellem |
| To drive: Saq |
| To smile: Tbissem |
| To find: Sab |
These samples show how the verbs above are conjugated in the present tense in a sentence which includes all the object pronouns (I, you, she...).
| I see you: Qed narak |
| I write with a pen: Nikteb b'pinna |
| You love apples: Inti tħobb it-tuffieħ |
| You give money: Inti tagħti l-flus |
| You play tennis: Inti tilgħab t-tennis |
| He reads a book: Hu jaqra ktieb |
| He understands me: Hu jifhimni |
| She has a cat: Hi għandha qattus (M), Hi għandha qattusa (F) |
| She knows my friend: Hi taf lill-ħabib tiegħi (M), Hi taf lill-ħabiba tiegħi (F) |
| We want to learn: Aħna rridu nitgħallmu |
| We think Spanish is easy: Aħna naħsbu li l-Ispanjol huwa ħafif |
| You (plural) work here: Intom taħdmu hawn |
| You (plural) speak French: Intom titkellmu bil-Franċiż |
| They drive a car: Huma jsuqu karozza |
| They smile: Huma jitbissmu |
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