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Maltese
Etymology
From Arabic عِنْدَ (ʕinda).
Pronunciation
Preposition
għand
- at, to
2018, Antoinette Borg, Amina, Merlin Publishers, →ISBN:Imnalla għajjatlu Fredu u kellu jwaqqaf l-eloġju ta’ nannuh, għax naħseb l-istorja li kien imiss kienet li għandu xi gżira privata.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
1970, Anton Buttigieg, “It-Tallab”, in Fl-Arena:Wara l-bibien,
fit-tul tat-toroq twal,
batejt
il-għeja
il-qtigħ ta’ qalb,
batejt fuq kollox il-mistħija;
iżda ġarrabt ukoll
il-ferħ u l-għaxqa
li kull tallab iħoss
x’ħin jasal wisq għajjien bil-ħorġa f’idu
bil-ħobż għand ommu mġewħa.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Usage notes
- This preposition expresses possession equivalent to "have" in English
- Għandu tlitt itfal. ― He has three children. (literally, “To him three children.”)
- The negative forms are formed with ma + -x:
- M’għandniex tifla. ― We do not have a daughter.
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