impurta

Maltese

Alternative forms

  • mpurta (chiefly informal, after a vowel)
  • importa (variant)

Etymology

Borrowed from Sicilian mpurtari, from Latin importare.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɪmˈpur.ta/

Verb

impurta (imperfect jimpurta)

  1. to matter; to be relevant
    Ma jimpurtanix.It doesn’t matter to me. / I don’t care.

Conjugation

Conjugation of impurta (i-type unadapted loan)
positive forms
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
perfect m impurtajt impurtajt impurta impurtajna impurtajtu impurtaw
f impurtat
imperfect m nimpurta timpurta jimpurta nimpurtaw timpurtaw jimpurtaw
f timpurta
imperative impurta impurtaw
negative forms
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
perfect m impurtajtx impurtajtx impurta impurtajniex impurtajtux impurtawx
f impurtatx
imperfect m nimpurtax timpurtax jimpurtax nimpurtawx timpurtawx jimpurtawx
f timpurtax
imperative timpurtax timpurtawx