Download or read book Maltese for Foreigners written by Alain de Raymond and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-12-29 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are you learning Maltese? Do you find it difficult to make sense of the Maltese language? Is the spoken Maltese too different from the Maltese you've already learnt? Can you use some help with the expressions and special word combinations? A book with over 700 Maltese words and expressions In this book, you'll learn the most used words and expressions in spoken Maltese. Links to audio files are included to hear the Maltese pronunciation, so you can practice your hearing skills as well. An overview of all the content: Pronunciation How to greet in Maltese Essential sentences to start using Essential Maltese expressions and words Non-essential filling words to sound Maltese Connecting words How Maltese questions start Prepositions and how they are combined with other Maltese words Pronouns and how to use them Ask for directions The most used conjugations - Maltese verbs Adjectives Everyday Maltese words for at the doctor, at home, in the restaurant and many more And some other useful phrases Fun extras Links to more Maltese So what are you waiting for to learn Malta's official language? Start learning today by buying this book!
Download or read book The languages of Malta written by Albert Gatt and published by Language Science Press. This book was released on 2018 with total page 317 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this volume is to present a snapshot of the state of the art of research on the languages of the Maltese islands, which include spoken Maltese, Maltese English and Maltese Sign Language. Malta is a tiny, but densely populated country, with over 422,000 inhabitants spread over only 316 square kilometers. It is a bilingual country, with Maltese and English enjoying the status of official languages. Maltese is a descendant of Arabic, but due to the history of the island, it has borrowed extensively from Sicilian, Italian and English. Furthermore, local dialects still coexist alongside the official standard language. The status of English as a second language dates back to British colonial rule, and just as in other former British colonies, a characteristic Maltese variety of English has developed. To these languages must be added Maltese Sign Language, which is the language of the Maltese Deaf community. This was recently recognised as Malta’s third official language by an act of Parliament in 2016. While a volume such as the present one can hardly do justice to all aspects of a diverse and complex linguistic situation, even in a small community like that of Malta, our aim in editing this book was to shed light on the main strands of research being undertaken in the Maltese linguistic context. Six of the contributions in this book focus on Maltese and explore a broad range of topics including: historical changes in the Maltese sound system; syllabification strategies; the interaction of prosody and gesture; the constraints regulating /t/-insertion; the productivity of derivational suffixes; and raising phenomena. The study of Maltese English, especially with the purpose of establishing the defining characteristics of this variety of English, is a relatively new area of research. Three of the papers in this volume deal with Maltese English, which is explored from the different perspectives of rhythm, the syntax of nominal phrases, and lexical choice. The last contribution discusses the way in which Maltese Sign Language (LSM) has evolved alongside developments in LSM research. In summary, we believe the present volume has the potential to present a unique snapshot of a complex linguistic situation in a geographically restricted area. Given the nature and range of topics proposed, the volume will likely be of interest to researchers in both theoretical and comparative linguistics, as well as those working with experimental and corpus-based methodologies. Our hope is that the studies presented here will also serve to pave the way for further research on the languages of Malta, encouraging researchers to also take new directions, including the exploration of variation and sociolinguistic factors which, while often raised as explanatory constructs in the papers presented here, remain under-researched.
Download or read book Maltese English English Maltese Dictionary and Phrasebook written by Grazio Falzon and published by Hippocrene Books. This book was released on 1998 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book includes an introduction to basic grammar, a pronunciation guide, and phrases on all topics a visitor to Malta might need to know.
Download or read book Teach Yourself Maltese written by Joseph Aquilina and published by . This book was released on 1965 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book My First Maltese Alphabets Picture Book with English Translations written by Lia S. and published by . This book was released on 2020-01-26 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Did you ever want to teach your kids the basics of Maltese ? Learning Maltese can be fun with this picture book. In this book you will find the following features: Maltese Alphabets. Maltese Words. English Translations.
Download or read book Learn the Maltese Language written by Alain de Raymond and published by . This book was released on 2016-12-14 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Difficulties learning the Maltese language? Maltese doesn't seem to make much sense? You can't find a good grammar book? The explanations you receive complicate your learning? A book for beginners This book explains the Maltese grammar in an easy way. Not too much explanations. Not too complicated explanations. Just simple. Examples to clarify the grammar. Clear and concise. With this book, you'll be able to: Pronounce Maltese words Conjugate verbs in the present tense Use the imperative Apply the negative Conjugate verbs in the simple past and in the future Conjugate verbs in all the other tenses Put the right article in front of the nouns Use the Maltese comparative and superlative Form prepositions, attached or not Use the possessive Present yourself Use interrogative pronouns Count until one million Tell what time it is Know the meaning of Maltese cities Where to find further resources to learn more Maltese Ready to learn Maltese? Start today by buying this book!
Download or read book Views on the Improvement of the Maltese Language and Its Use for the Purposes of Education and Literature written by Christoph Friedrich Schlienz and published by . This book was released on 1838 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Essential Maltese written by and published by *Howell Book House. This book was released on 1999-04-23 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Owning a Maltese is rewarding and fun! Get all you need to know about feeding, training and caring for your dog's health in The Essential Maltese. Special features include professional color photos and expert tips on how to make your dog a wonderful addition to the family. Learn how to have a great relationship with your pet with The Essential Maltese.
Download or read book The Complete Guide to the Maltese written by Jordan Pogorzelski and published by LP Media Inc. This book was released on 2021-10-13 with total page 147 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Authors and experienced Maltese owners Jordon Pogorzelski and Coral Drake teamed up with six top Maltese breeders to create this GO-TO guidebook that covers everything a new owner needs to know about the Maltese breed. In The Complete Guide to the Maltese you’ll learn everything you need to know to raise a happy and healthy Maltese from puppy to old age. If you have recently adopted a Maltese, these pages will teach you how to deal with any past traumas they may have experienced and help them adapt to a safe and happy life in their new home. Chapter Topics include: Is a Maltese the Right Breed for Me? Buying vs. Adopting Getting to Know Your Adult Maltese Preparing for a Maltese Puppy Bringing Home your Maltese Puppy Raising a Happy, Healthy Maltese Exercising your Maltese The Art of Grooming a Maltese Socialization and Living with Other Pets Dealing with Unwanted behavior Feeding your Maltese Health Care: Beginning to Advance Traveling with your Maltese The Maltese has graced the laps of luxury for thousands of years. This elegant little dog comes from the now-extinct nation of Malta. As Malta was invaded and colonized, the beautiful little white dog spread across the world. The Maltese was never meant to be anything but a companion, and thousands of years of dedicated breeding have made a truly wonderful best friend. These tiny dogs are unaware of their small size. They are fearless, playful, and endlessly charming. If you know somebody who doesn't like dogs, introduce them to a Maltese and you may change their mind. Maltese are hardy and adaptable. Their fearlessness makes them good watchdogs but also will help them win over anyone. These little athletes can excel on the agility course and look truly stunning showing off their athleticism in full coat. Maltese are truly beautiful little dogs. Their pure white coat grows continuously. When kept in show coat, the ends of their hair sweeps the ground. However, Maltese can also be clipped short for a low-maintenance and easy to clean coat. The coat is low shedding and easy to maintain with regular brushing. Maltese can be willful and their affection natures do not respond well to harsh training techniques. Therefore, consistent positive training is essential in order to shape your dog's behavior. Learn how to best train for a Maltese’s willful and sometimes stubborn nature. Find out the basics of grooming this gorgeous coat. Decide what to feed and how to supplement your Maltese’s diet in order to keep them healthy well into their teens. This book can guide you through every element of life with your Maltese.
Download or read book Maltese and Other Languages written by Joseph M. Brincat and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Throughout the ages, the Maltese language has undergone a series of internal changes as well as modifications and accretions caused by various external forces. Internal changes are not easy to date and explain because they require a painstaking comparative exercise that can be carried out only by experts in Semitic languages. As a result, their systematic description in a historical grammar of Maltese has not yet been published. By contrast, the external history of Maltese is essentially an account of its contact with various languages. All languages are marked by contact, albeit to varying degrees. Gumperz holds that "most words in most modern languages would count as borrowed" (1982: 67), but what makes Maltese unique is that it blends together elements from three distinct language families: the Semitic, the Romance, and the Germanic. The language spoken in Malta today is the result of a process that has been going on for a thousand years and, consequently, the account presented in this book will show how social, political, and cultural events are reflected in the changing face of the language. As the lexicon is the most tangible aspect of a language, it will naturally be privileged in this account. Thanks to its position exactly at the centre of the Mediterranean Sea, 90 km from Sicily and 290 km from the Tunisian coast, Malta's relations have not been limited to its immediate neighbours, Sicily and North Africa. Since time immemorial, Malta has been at the mercy of all the great naval powers that sailed the Sicilian channel. As a result, the Maltese language has been shaped by its inhabitants' interactions with all the peoples who, throughout the centuries, have landed on the islands to govern it or establish colonies there. In a territory as small as 27 km by 14 km, the ratio between the numbers of the rulers and the ruled is highly significant. For thousands of years, when the inhabitants had to live off the islands' resources, the size of the population must have been consistently small, around 5,000 in all; this factor may have allowed the language to be substituted a number of times. This may surprise us today, but before the Romantic Age, people had a very pragmatic view of language. Like any other tool, language was prized mostly for its efficiency. The population of the Maltese islands has multiplied in the past one thousand years, rising to around 400,000, and such a rapid increase in such a small place could not fail to exert a strong influence on the linguistic scenario. The increase in population was due not only to natural growth but also to cumulative waves of settlers from abroad. Social interaction between the locals and the visitors was strong, bilingual communication took place in various domains at all social levels and relations were especially strong when mixed marriages took place. For this reason, a history of the Maltese language must be seen in the wider context of a linguistic history of the Maltese islands, and will offer linguists belonging to both the historical and typological fields an intriguing case study of what can be considered a "minor" language from the international point of view (used only in a small state, but spoken by the great majority of the islanders) which has managed to survive alongside a series of "major" languages such as Arabic, Latin, Sicilian, Italian, and English, languages which were widely spoken and written abroad and which also enjoyed prestige in Malta itself, but whose local circulation was generally limited to the literate minority.
Download or read book 1001 Basic Phrases English Maltese written by Gilad Soffer and published by Soffer Publishing. This book was released on 2015-01-06 with total page 153 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 1001+ Basic Phrases English - Maltese is a list of more than 1000 basic phrases translated from English to Maltese. Phrases divided into sections such as numbers, colors, time, days, body, greeting, weather, shopping, health, emergency, restaurant and more.
Download or read book Taste of Malta written by Claudia Cardana and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More than a cookbook, Taste of Malta also includes a brief history of Malta and Maltese cooking, an appendix with basic recipes for various dough's, sauces and stocks, along with an extensive section of resources, to ensure that everything you need to prepare an authentic Maltese meal is right at your fingertips. This collection features Maltese favourites like timpana (macaroni baked with tomatoes and ground meat enclosed in pastry), ross fil-forn (rice baked in meat sauce), and aljotta (fish soup with potatoes and garlic).
Download or read book Learn Maltese written by Alain de Raymond and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-03-15 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are you learning or willing to learn the Maltese language? Are you having some trouble with the verbs? Would you like to have clear explanations? Can you use full conjugations of the main Maltese verbs? A book fit for Maltese learners In this book, you will learn the structure of the Maltese verbs and all the different tenses. You will find as well as over 120 full conjugations of the most frequently used verbs in a simple and concise overview of Malta's official language. Each of the verbs is explained in an easy way. In the index, the translation Maltese-English and English-Maltese is given. So it is used as a learner's dictionary. Here's the structure: Introduction Pronunciation General structure Part 1 of the verbs Part 2 of the verbs Verbs from other languages Exceptions Additional notes Index So, ready to learn Maltese verbs? Let's start by learning Malta's verbs!
Download or read book Grammatical Gender in Maltese written by George Farrugia and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2018-09-10 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Is grammatical gender merely stored as a syntactic property of nouns, or is it computed according to a noun’s semantic, morphological and phonological properties every time it is required? In many languages, gender appears to resist systematic treatment and can even cause problems for non-native learners. Native speakers of these languages appear to have no difficulty in assigning the correct grammatical gender to thousands of nouns in their language. Being an offshoot of Arabic, Maltese inherited a system comprising two gender categories, masculine and feminine. Numerous nouns were introduced in Maltese through contact with Sicilian and subsequently with Italian, two languages that also have a masculine/feminine-based gender system. However, the more recent contact, with English, seems to have complicated matters. This work investigates how grammatical gender functions in Maltese, how native speakers apply different criteria to classify nouns, and how this choice is reflected in syntactic agreement. It also takes into consideration the wider psycholinguistic context that influences the choice of category, and provides valuable data for theories that seek to explain the linguistic categorization of nouns in various languages.
Download or read book Malta written by International Monetary Fund and published by International Monetary Fund. This book was released on 2003-09-03 with total page 67 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The report provides the details of the Malta Financial Stability Assessment (MFSA). It defines its roles, responsibilities, and objectives for financial policies. It reviews the reports on the observance of standards and codes on monetary and financial policy transparency, banking supervision, securities regulation, insurance regulation, corporate governance, and payment systems. It assesses the macroeconomic environment and risks, soundness and vulnerabilities of the financial system, and also provides recommendations.
Download or read book Landscapes and Landforms of the Maltese Islands written by Ritienne Gauci and published by Springer. This book was released on 2019-08-04 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This edited volume brings together a collection of works that comprehensively address both the myriad geomorphological landscapes of the Maltese Islands and how their evolution has been shaped over various time-scales by different sets of processes. Additionally, the work highlights how the small geographical setting of the Maltese Islands helped to closely connect these landscapes with Maltese society and as a result, they have evolved from stand-alone examples of geomorphology to important backdrops of Maltese cultural identity. Most of the contributing authors are academics – both local and foreign – with a research focus on the geomorphology of the Maltese Islands. However, the editors have also (and purposefully) chosen other contributors from governmental institutions and research agencies, who complement the geomorphological research with their proactive work in selected case studies on Maltese landscapes.
Download or read book Maltese written by Joseph Aquilina and published by Hodder Education. This book was released on 1994 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An introductory course in Maltese which is divided into three parts - sounds and letters, grammar and verbs. It includes practice exercises.
