seta'

seta'

See also: seta, séta, sēta, sētā, and setä

Maltese

Etymology

Probably from Arabic اِسْتَطَاعَ‎ (istaṭāʿa) by contraction and subsequent reanalysis as being derived from the root s-ṭ-ʿ.

Verb

seta' (imperfect jista')

1. (modal) can, be able

   Nista’ nirrikmandalek ristorant tajjeb.

   I can recommend you a good restaurant.

   Tista’ tgħinni?

   Can you help me?

   Ma nista’x ngħinek.

   I can't help you.

Conjugation

conjugation of seta'

	singular					plural
	1st person	2nd person	3rd person m	3rd person f		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
	jien(a)	int(i)	hu(wa)	hi(ja)		aħna	intom	huma
perfect	stajt	stajt	seta'	setgħet		stajna	stajtu	setgħu
imperfect	nista'	tista'	jista'	tista'	nistgħu	tistgħu	jistgħu
imperative		ista'				istgħu