ħaseb
See also: haseb
Maltese edit
| Root |
|---|
| ħ-s-b |
| 8 terms |
Etymology edit
From Arabic حَسَِبَ (ḥasaba, ḥasiba, “to calculate, reckon, consider”). The normal Arabic root for “thinking”, ف ك ر (f-k-r), is associated with “remembering” in Maltese.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
ħaseb (imperfect jaħseb, past participle maħsub, verbal noun ħsib or ħsieb)
- to think
- Taħseb li jħobbni? ― Do you think he loves me?
- Ma ħsibtx se jaslu. ― I didn’t think they would arrive.
- Naħsbu wisq fuq il-futur. ― We think too much about the future.
Conjugation edit
| Conjugation of ħaseb | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |||||||
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |||
| perfect | m | ħsibt | ħsibt | ħaseb | ħsibna | ħsibtu | ħasbu | |
| f | ħasbet | |||||||
| imperfect | m | naħseb | taħseb | jaħseb | naħsbu | taħsbu | jaħsbu | |
| f | taħseb | |||||||
| imperative | aħseb | aħsbu | ||||||