• hello (general) = ħelow He-low
• hello (morning) = bonÄ¡u bon-joo
• goodbye = saħħa sa-Ha
• goodnight = il-lejl it-tajjeb il-layl - it-ta-yeb
• how are you? = kif inti? kif - in-tee
• good = tajjeb ta-yeb
• bad = ħażin Ha-zeen
• yes = iva ee-va
• no = le le
• please = jekk jogħġbok yek - yawj-bok
• thank you (very much) = grazzi (ħafna) grat-see (Haf-na)
• what is your name? = x'jismek? shyiss-mek
• my name is... = jisimni... yis-im-nee
• where are you from? = minn fejn inti? min - fayn - in-tee
• I am from... = jien minn... yeen - min
• do you know / speak / understand? = inti taf / titkellem / tifhem in-tee - taf / tit-kell-em / teef-em
- Notes -
* With these phrases, you should be able to greet people, and ask and answer a few simple questions.
* Like in English, Maltese sentence structure is 'subject-verb-object' (e.g. 'I eat the apple' = 'Jien niekol it-tuffieħa').
* The capital 'H ' in the pronunciation guide is a strong 'h' sound, though not gutteral.
Basic Phrases in Maltese
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