How to use the definite article in Maltese

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The Maltese definite article

The definite article is what we call the word 'the' in English. The definite article is used with nouns. The English definite article 'the' has various forms in Maltese. Depending on the first letter of the word which follows, the various forms are 'il-', 'it-', 'id-', 'ix-' and 'l-'.

Examples

il-mejda

the table

iż-żiemel

the horse

il-familja

the family

il-ktieb

the book

il-ħabib

the friend

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din ir-raġel

this man

dan il-mara

this woman

dan il-bieb

this door

din it-tifla

this girl

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Step 4 : The definite article in Maltese

The definite article is what we call the word the in English. The definite article is used with nouns. Using the nouns ktieb, siġġu and bieb (book, chair, door) which you learned in Step 3, learn how to use the definite article with each of the nouns. The nouns together with the definite article are il-ktieb, is-siġġu and il-bieb (the book, the chair, the door). You can scroll to the top of this page to see a short lesson about the definite article in Maltese including useful examples. Once you have learned to use the definite article with the Maltese nouns ktieb, siġġu and bieb, you're ready to move on to Step 5 (the plural in Maltese).

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