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Maltese
Etymology
From Arabic سَمِعَ (samiʕa).
Pronunciation
Verb
sema’ (imperfect jisma’, past participle mismugħ, verbal noun smigħ)
- to hear
2018, Antoinette Borg, Amina, Merlin Publishers, →ISBN:U nissaħħar nisma’ dak it-tvenvin xħin tibda tiddwella mas-sikkina bil-ħila u l-ħeffa tal-aqwa gwerrier.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- to listen (to)
- to listen to (someone’s advice or admonition), to heed
- Wissejthom, imma ma semgħux minni. ― I warned them, but they wouldn’t listen to me.
Conjugation