ssuġerixxa
Maltese
Alternative forms
- issuġerixxa (after consonant, mostly also after a pause)
- (i)ssuġġerixxa (variant)
Etymology
From Italian suggerire.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ssʊd͡ʒɛˈrɪʃʃa/
Verb
ssuġerixxa (imperfect jissuġerixxi)
- to suggest
Conjugation
conjugation of ssuġerixxa
singular | plural | ||||||||
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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 | ssuġerixxejt | ssuġerixxejt | ssuġerixxa | ssuġerixxiet | ssuġerixxejna | ssuġerixxejtu | ssuġerixxew | ||
imperfect | nissuġerixxi | tissuġerixxi | jissuġerixxi | tissuġerixxi | nissuġerixxu | tissuġerixxu | jissuġerixxu | ||
imperative | issuġerixxi | issuġerixxu |
- The syllable -ixx- may be deleted in all forms with a stressed ending. This is now quite formal before personal suffixes and the negative -x, but it is still common in the perfect. Hence alternatively: ssuġerejt, ssuġeriet, ssuġerejna, ssuġerejtu, ssuġerew.