emmen

Maltese

Etymology

Root
w-m-n
14 terms

From Arabic آمَنَ (ʔāmana), a contracted fourth stem reconstrued as a second stem. This reconstruction may have happened at a later stage as the few inherited second stems with an initial vowel (or Arabic hamza) have i- in Maltese.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛm.mɛn/

Verb

emmen (imperfect jemmen, past participle mwemmen or emmnut, active participle emmien or wemmien)

1. to believe
   • 2018 [1977], Alfred Massa, L-Istar tal-Imgħoddi, 2nd edition, Horizons, page 107:

     “Le. Qed ngħidilkom is-sewwa, emmnuni.”

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. to believe in; to support; to consider true and right (a religious dogma, philosophy, policy, etc.) [with f’]

   Nemmen f’Alla. ― I believe in God.

   Inti temmen fis-soċjaliżmu demokratiku? ― Do you believe in democratic socialism?

3. to trust [with f’]

   Synonym: fada

   Ma nemminx fik. ― I don't trust you.

Conjugation

Conjugation of emmen
		singular				plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
perfect	m	emmint	emmint	emmen		emminna	emmintu	emmnu
	f			emmnet
imperfect	m	nemmen	temmen	jemmen		nemmnu	temmnu	jemmnu
	f			temmen
imperative			emmen				emmnu