stenna
Maltese edit
| Root |
|---|
| ’-n-j |
| 4 terms |
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Arabic اِسْتَأْنَى (istaʔnā, “to wait”). Compare the same phonetic development in Tunisian Arabic استنى (istanna), Egyptian Arabic استنى (istanna).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
stenna (imperfect jistenna, past participle mistenni, verbal noun stennija)
- to wait
- Sieħbek qed jistenniek. ― Your friend is waiting for you.
- Sħabi qed jistennewni. ― My friends are waiting for me.
- 2018 [1977], Alfred Massa, L-Istar tal-Imgħoddi, 2nd edition, Horizons, page 60:
- Lil Alexander insibu jistennieni.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- to expect, anticipate
Conjugation edit
| Conjugation of stenna | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |||||||
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |||
| perfect | m | stennejt | stennejt | stenna | stennejna | stennejtu | stennew | |
| f | stenniet | |||||||
| imperfect | m | nistenna | tistenna | jistenna | nistennew | tistennew | jistennew | |
| f | tistenna | |||||||
| imperative | stenna | stennew | ||||||