Maltese Irregular Verbs

The irregular verbs in Maltese are those which have an irregular or defective conjugation. Some of these have two invisible
roots in the Mamma form which reappear when certain structures are used.
Notes:
The verb ta give contracts further when
a (t--d) ta (g-t-j) ra (w-r-j) object suffixes are added to its Imperfect forms:

Jiena nie..u adt nag.ti tajt nra rajt nagti + -k = nagtik or ntik
nagtu + -ha = nagtuha or intuha
Inti tie..u adt tag.ti tajt tra rajt
The roots q-w-l of qal are used only in the
Huwa jie..u jag.ti t jra r Perfect 3rd Person. Other forms use roots g-j-d
Hija tie..u det tag.ti t.t tra r.t of obsolete gad, which merged into one verb.
Ana nie.du adna nag.tu tajna naraw rajna Although the original Arabic roots of a (--),
Intom tie.du adtu tag.tu tajtu taraw rajtu ta (-- )and ra (-- )are different, for
Huma jie.du du jag.tu t.w jaraw r.w convenience, different ones are used in Maltese.

ie (-j-n) mar (m-w-r) (g-j-d) qal (q-w-l) kiel (w-k-l)

Jiena nii ejt nmr mort ngid gidt niekol kilt
Inti tii ejt tmr mort tgid gidt tiekol kilt
Huwa jii ie jmr mr jgid qal jiekol kiel
Hija tii ie.t tmr mrret tgid qalet tiekol kielet
Ana niu ejna nmrru morna ngidu gidna niek.lu kilna
Intom tiu ejtu tmrru mortu tgidu gidtu tiek.lu kiltu
Huma jiu .w jmrru mrru jgidu qalu jiek.lu kielu

Some Negative Forms and Forms with Object Suffixes:

nieu ma niux marret ma marritx niekol ma nikolx nagtik nagtikx = ntik ntikx
a ma ax tajna ma tajniex jiekol ma jikolx nagtuk nagtukx = ntuk ntukx
ra ma rax kielet ma kilitx nieklu ma niklux nagtuha nagtuhiex = ntuha ntuhiex

Maltese Function Words and Pseudo-Verbs

There are some words in Maltese that, even though they are basically nouns, verbal forms or prepositions, are usually
translated in English as verbs or adverbs. For this reason, such words are usually called function words or pseudo-verbs.
Their usage involves possessive or direct object suffixes even when the subject is explicity mentioned in the sentence.

have (something/to do) [will] have/had (something/to do) be called/named for (time period) be worthy of
Jiena gandi jkolli kelli jisimni ilni / ili fini / fija?
Inti gandek jkollok kellek jis.mek ilek fik
Huwa gandu jkollu kellu jis.mu ilu fih
Hija gandha jkollha kellha jisimha ilha fiha
Ana gandna jkollna kellna jisimna ilna fina
Intom gandkom jkollkom kellkom jisimkom ilkom fikom
Huma gandhom jkollhom kellhom jisimhom ilhom fihom

still; just (located/doing/done) almost; nearly [did] all [one] think[s] about intend to [do]
Jiena gadni goddni moni / moi besiebni bisiebni
Inti gadek goddok mook besiebek bisiebek
Huwa gadu goddu mou besiebu bisiebu
Hija gadha goddha moha besiebha bisiebha
Ana gadna goddna mona besiebna bisiebna
Intom gadkom goddkom mokom besiebkom bisiebkom
Huma gadhom goddhom mohom besiebhom bisiebhom

look/seem like; be as [if] look/seem like; be as [if] oneself by oneself/alone

Jiena qisni don.ni / donni rui wa.di
Inti qisek donnok ruek wa.dek
Huwa qisu donnu ruu wa.du
Hija qisha donnha ruha waidha / weidha
Ayrton-Didier Brincat

Ana qisna donnna runa waidna / weidna

Intom qiskom donnkom rukom waidkom / weidkom
Huma qishom donnhom ruhom waidhom / weidhom