ftakar
Maltese
| Root |
|---|
| f-k-r |
| 6 terms |
Etymology
From Arabic اِفْتَكَرَ (iftakara).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfta.kar/
Verb
ftakar (imperfect jiftakar, past participle miftakar, verbal noun ftakir)
- to remember
- Ma niftakarx. ― I don't remember.
- 1949-1952, Anton Buttigieg, “Niftakar”, in Qasba mar-Riħ, published 1977:
- Niftakar
tal-qniepen il-mota ferrieħa,
u l-Ave Maria ta’ Schubert
taż-żahar il-fwieħa
u l-għafsa ta’ driegħek ma’ driegħi,
u l-ħeġġa ta’ wiċċek ħamrani,
u l-mantar bajdani
jitkaxkar mal-qiegħa
tal-korsija:
id-dija u d-dawl tal-parilja,
il-ħsejjes taż-żwiemel għaddejja,- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 2008, Trevor Żahra, Il-Ġenn li Jżommni f’Sikti, Merlin Publishers, →ISBN:
- Niftakar li kont mort mal-folla u ma’ sħabi ta’ l-Azzjoni Kattolika biex nilqgħuh fi dħul iż-Żejtun.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Conjugation
| positive forms | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |||||||
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |||
| perfect | m | ftakart | ftakart | ftakar | ftakarna | ftakartu | ftakru | |
| f | ftakret | |||||||
| imperfect | m | niftakar | tiftakar | jiftakar | niftakru | tiftakru | jiftakru | |
| f | tiftakar | |||||||
| imperative | ftakar | ftakru | ||||||