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Translingual
Symbol
jaf
- (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Jara.
See also
Maltese
Etymology
From Arabic يَعْرِفُ (yaʕrifu), imperfect of عَرَفَ (ʕarafa, “to know, get to know, find out”). Doublet of uncontracted għaraf (“to recognise, become aware of, find out”).
Pronunciation
Verb
jaf (imperfect only)
- to know; to be able to do sth.
- Ma nafx. ― I don't know.
- Ma kienx jaf li wasalna. ― He didn't know that we'd arrived.
- Ma nafx jekk huwa jkunx reliġjuż. ― I don't know whether he's religious.
2023, Keith Borg, magħġuna fit-tbenġil, Ede Books, →ISBN:kull skuża
f’soċjetà kkankrata
li ma tridx taf b’mara
sakemm m’hemmx kwota
li ma tridx taf b’mara
sakemm ma tridx tivvota- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Conjugation
- The verb is defective and has no perfect forms. The perfect tense is expressed with forms of kien followed by the imperfect forms.
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Polish żak.
Pronunciation
Noun
jaf n (plural jafuri)
- robbery
Declension