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Most Common Maltese Words
Malti
Essential Maltese vocabulary with pronunciation guides. Nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs.
Nouns
| Word | English Meaning | Pronunciation |
|---|---|---|
| persuna | person | per-SU-na |
| mara | woman | MA-ra |
| tifel / tifla | child / boy / girl | TI-fel / TIF-la |
| dar | house | DAR |
| ilma | water | IL-ma |
| ikel | food | I-kel |
| art | land / earth | ART |
| baħar | sea | BA-har |
| muntanja | mountain | mun-TAN-ya |
| foresta | forest | fo-RES-ta |
| xemx | sun | SHEMSH |
| lejl | night | LEYL |
| jum | day | YUM |
| familja | family | fa-MIL-ya |
| lingwa | language | LIN-gwa |
| imħabba | love | im-HAB-ba |
| mużika | music | MU-zi-ka |
| paċi | peace | PA-chi |
| qalb | heart | QALB |
| sena | year | SE-na |
Verbs
| Word | English Meaning | Pronunciation |
|---|---|---|
| mur | to go | MUR |
| ejja | come! | EY-ya |
| kiel | to eat | KIEL |
| xorob | to drink | SHO-rob |
| raqad | to sleep | RA-qad |
| ra | to see | RA |
| sema' | to hear | SE-ma |
| tkellem | to speak | t-KEL-lem |
| kien | to be (was) | KIEN |
| ħabb | to love | HABB |
| ħadem | to work | HA-dem |
| ta | to give | TA |
| ħa | to take | HA |
| ħares | to look | HA-res |
| ħaseb | to think | HA-seb |
| fehem | to understand | FE-hem |
| qam | to stand / get up | QAM |
| qagħad | to sit / stay | QA-ghad |
| ġera | to run | JE-ra |
| lagħab | to play | LA-ghab |
Adjectives
| Word | English Meaning | Pronunciation |
|---|---|---|
| kbir | big / great | KBIR |
| żgħir | small | ZGHIR |
| tajjeb | good | TAY-yeb |
| ħażin | bad | HA-zhin |
| ġdid | new | JDID |
| qadim | old | QA-dim |
| abjad | white | AB-yad |
| iswed | black | IS-wed |
| aħmar | red | AH-mar |
| ikħal | blue | IK-hal |
| twil | long / tall | TWIL |
| qasir | short | QA-sir |
| tqil | heavy | TQIL |
| ħafif | light / easy | HA-fif |
| mgħaġġel | fast | m-GHAJ-jel |
| bil-mod | slow | bil-MOD |
| qawwi | strong | QAW-wi |
| sħun | hot / warm | SHUN |
| kiesaħ | cold | KIE-sah |
| sabiħ | beautiful | SA-bih |
Adverbs
| Word | English Meaning | Pronunciation |
|---|---|---|
| issa | now | IS-sa |
| ilbieraħ | yesterday | il-BIE-rah |
| għada | tomorrow | GHA-da |
| hawn | here | HAWN |
| hemm | there | HEMM |
| iva | yes | I-va |
| le | no | LE |
| ukoll | also / too | u-KOL |
| iżda | but | IZ-da |
| u | and | U |
| ħafna | very / much | HAF-na |
| ftit | a little | FTIT |
| dejjem | always | DEY-yem |
| qatt | never | QATT |
| spiss | often | SPISS |
| xi drabi | sometimes | shi DRA-bi |
| diġà | already | di-JA |
| għadu | still / yet | GHA-du |
| għalhekk | therefore / so | ghal-HEKK |
| forsi | perhaps / maybe | FOR-si |