emmen
Maltese edit
Etymology edit
| Root |
|---|
| w-m-n |
| 14 terms |
From Arabic آمَنَ (ʔāmana), a contracted fourth stem reconstrued as a second stem. This reconstruction may have happened at a later stage as the few inherited second stems with an initial vowel (or Arabic hamza) have i- in Maltese.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
emmen (imperfect jemmen, past participle mwemmen or emmnut, active participle emmien or wemmien)
- to believe
- 2018 [1977], Alfred Massa, L-Istar tal-Imgħoddi, 2nd edition, Horizons, page 107:
- “Le. Qed ngħidilkom is-sewwa, emmnuni.”
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- to believe in; to support; to consider true and right (a religious dogma, philosophy, policy, etc.) [+ f’ (object)]
- Nemmen f’Alla.
- I believe in God.
- Inti temmen fis-soċjaliżmu demokratiku?
- Do you believe in democratic socialism?
- to trust [+ f’ (object)]
- Synonym: fada
- Ma nemminx fik.
- I don't trust you.
Conjugation edit
| Conjugation of emmen | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |||||||
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |||
| perfect | m | emmint | emmint | emmen | emminna | emmintu | emmnu | |
| f | emmnet | |||||||
| imperfect | m | nemmen | temmen | jemmen | nemmnu | temmnu | jemmnu | |
| f | temmen | |||||||
| imperative | emmen | emmnu | ||||||