seta'

See also: seta, séta, sēta, sētā, and setä

Maltese

Etymology

Probably from Arabic اِسْتَطَاعَ‎ (istaṭāʿa) by contraction and subsequent reanalysis as being derived from the root s-ṭ-ʿ.

Verb

seta' (imperfect jista')

  1. (modal) can, be able
    Nista’ nirrikmandalek ristorant tajjeb.
    I can recommend you a good restaurant.
    Tista’ tgħinni?
    Can you help me?
    Ma nista’x ngħinek.
    I can't help you.

Conjugation
conjugation of seta'
singular plural
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 stajt stajt seta' setgħet stajna stajtu setgħu
imperfect nista' tista' jista' tista' nistgħu tistgħu jistgħu
imperative ista' istgħu
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.