How to form the plural in Maltese

You want to learn how to use the plural in Maltese? You've come to the right place! Scroll down and see the short Maltese lessons complete with useful examples. Apples, houses, books... we'll teach you everything you need to know about the plural in Maltese.

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Maltese nouns - plural

The plural is used, in general, to talk about more than one object. Examples in English would be 'dogs', 'cats', 'houses' and 'children'. The plural in Maltese is generally formed by means of a structural change to the noun.

Examples

kotba

books

ħbieb

friends

tfal

children

bibien

doors

siġġijiet

chairs

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Step 5 : The plural in Maltese

The plural is important in Maltese when you need to talk about more than one thing. Using the nouns ktieb, siġġu and bieb (book, chair, door) which you learned in Step 3, learn the plural of each of these words by heart. The plural forms are kotba, siġġijiet and bibien. Now learn how to use each of these Maltese plural nouns with the definite article. The nouns together with the definite article are il-kotba, is-siġġijiet and il-bibien (the books, the chairs, the doors). You can scroll to the top of this page to see a short lesson about the Maltese plural including useful examples. After you've learned the plural of ktieb, siġġu and bieb, you can move on to Step 6 (Maltese demonstrative pronouns).

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