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Maltese
Etymology
From Arabic حَسَِبَ (ḥasaba, ḥasiba, “to calculate, reckon, consider”). The normal Arabic root for “thinking”, ف ك ر (f-k-r), is associated with “remembering” in Maltese.
Pronunciation
Verb
ħaseb (imperfect jaħseb, past participle maħsub, verbal noun ħsib or ħsieb)
- to think
- Taħseb li jħobbni? ― Do you think he loves me?
- Ma ħsibtx se jaslu. ― I didn’t think they would arrive.
- Naħsbu wisq fuq il-futur. ― We think too much about the future.
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)
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