✅ BASICS
- 👍 Yes: Iva (EE-va)
- 👎 No: Le (leh)
- 🙏 Please: Jekk jogħġbok (yehk yoǝ-joeb)
- 😊 Thank you: Grazzi (GRAHT-tsee)
- 🤗 You’re welcome: Żgur (zhoor)
- 😬 Sorry: Skużani (skooh-ZAH-nee)
- 🙋 Excuse me: Skużani (skooh-ZAH-nee)
👋 GREETINGS
- 👋 Hi / Hello: Ħelow (HEH-low)
- 👋 Bye: Ċaw (chow)
- 🌞 Good morning: Bongu (BON-goo)
- 🌙 Good night: Il-lejl it-tajjeb (il-LAY-il itt-TYE-yeb)
❓ QUESTIONS
- ❓ What is it?: X’inhu dan? (sheen-HOO dan?)
- 👤 Who?: Min? (meen?)
- 🕒 When?: Meta? (MEH-ta?)
- 📍 Where?: Fejn? (feyn?)
- 🛠️ How?: Kif? (keef?)
- 🤔 Why?: Għaliex? (ah-LYESH?)
- 🤷 I don’t know: Ma naf (ma naf)
- 😕 I don’t understand: Ma nifhimx (ma nif-HEEM-sh)
- 🔁 Again: Xi drabi oħra (shee DRA-bee OH-gha)
- 🙋♂️ Can I…?: Nista’…? (nish-TA’…?)
🍎 WHAT?
- 🌟 Good: Tajjeb (TYE-yeb)
- 👎 Bad: Ħażin (HAH-zhin)
- 😋 Yummy: Ħelu! (HEL-oo!)
- 🤢 Yucky: Ma jħobbinix! (ma yuhb-BEE-nish!)
- 🧸 I like it: Inħobbha (in-HOB-ba)
- 💔 I don’t like it: Ma nħobbha xejn (ma n-HOB-ba sheyn)
- 💧 Water: Ilma (EEL-ma)
- 🍝 Food: Ikel (EE-kel)
- 👉 This: Dan (dan)
- 👉 That: Dak (dak)
🧍♂️ WHO?
- 🧒 My name is: Jisimni… (YEE-sim-nee…)
- 🗣️ What’s your name?: Kif jismek? (keef YIS-mek?)
- 🙋 I am: Jien… (yeen…)
- 👉 You are: Int/Inti… (int/inti…)
😀 FEELINGS
- 😃 I’m happy: Jien kuntent/a (yeen koon-TENT/ent)
- 😢 I’m sad: Jien imdejjaq/a (yeen im-DAY-jak/ak)
- 😴 I’m tired: Jien għajjien/a (yeen ah-YEE-en/en)
- 😡 I’m mad: Jien irrabjat/a (yeen ir-RAHB-jat/at)
- 🤕 I’m hurt: Jiena ωer/a (yeen-a wer/er)
- 🫤 I don’t feel good: Ma nħossniex tajjeb (ma n-HOSS-nee-ish TYE-yeb)
- 🥰 I love you: Inħobbok (in-HOB-bok)
- 🍽️ I’m hungry: Jien għatxan/a (yeen ah-TCHAN/en)
- 🥤 I’m thirsty: Jien xerdux/a (yeen SHEHR-dook/ook)
⏰ WHEN?
- 📅 Today: Illum (IL-lum)
- 📆 Tomorrow: Għada (GHAH-dah)
- 🕰️ Yesterday: Ilbieraħ (il-bee-RAH)
- 🌅 Morning: Filgħodu (fil-GHO-du)
- 🌌 Night: Fil-lejl (fil-LAY-il)
- ⏳ Now: Issa (EE-sah)
- 🔜 Later: Aktar tard (AHK-tar tard)
📍 WHERE?
- 🔜 Right: Le Min (LEH meen)
- 🔙 Left: Xellug (SHEL-lug)
- ⬆️ Straight: B’mod dirett (bemod dee-RET)
- ⬅️ Front: Qabel (KA-bel)
- ➡️ Behind: Warajh (wa-RAH-zh)
- ⬆️ Top / above: Fuq (fook)
- ⬇️ Bottom / below: Taħt (taht)
- 🏠 Inside: Fi ħdan (fee HDAN)
- 🌳 Outside: Barra (BAH-rah)
- 🚪 Entrance / in: Daħal (D-ha-al)
- 🏃♀️ Exit / out: Oħroġ (O-rog)
🔢 HOW MUCH?
- 💵 How much?: Kemm? (kemm?)
- 😮 Too much: Wisq ħafna! (weeks A-wwan!)
- 👌 A little: Ftit (fteet)
- 1️⃣ One: Wieħed (WEH-hed)
- 2️⃣ Two: Tnejn (tney-n)
- 3️⃣ Three: Tlieta (tlee-ta)
- 4️⃣ Four: Erba’ (ar-ba)
- 5️⃣ Five: Ħamsa (HAHM-sah)
- 6️⃣ Six: Sitta (SEE-tah)
- 7️⃣ Seven: Sebgħa (SEB-geh)
- 8️⃣ Eight: Tmienja (TMI-yen-yah)
- 9️⃣ Nine: Disgħa (DEES-geh)
- 🔟 Ten: Għaxra (AH-shrah)
- 💯 One hundred: Mija (MEE-yah)
🧠 WHY?
- 🤔 Because: Għaliex (ah-LYESH)
- 🧩 So…: Allura… (ah-LOO-rah)
- 👀 If…: Jekk… (yehk…)
- 🆚 But: Imma… (IM-ma)
- 🔄 Or: Jew… (yew…)
- ➕ And: U (oo)
💬 ACTIONS
- 🤲 I need: Għandi bżonn (GHAN-dee buh-zohn)
- 🙋♀️ I want: Nixtieq (NIECH-tee-ek)
- 🙌 I give: Nagħti (NAH-tee)
- 🤝 I help: Ngħin (n-gheen)
- 🙋 I ask: Nistaqsik (nis-TAK-sik)
- 🗣️ I say: Ngħid (n-gheed)
- 👂 I listen: Nisimgħu (nis-IM-ghu)
- 👀 I see: Narah (NAH-rah)
- 🦶 I go: Immur (im-MOOR)
- 🍽️ I eat: Nieklu (NIE-klu)
- 🥤 I drink: Nixrob (NISH-rob)
- 🛌 I sleep: Nirdod (NIR-dod)
🔊 IMPORTANT WORDS
- 🆘 Help!: Għinuna! (GHIN-oo-nah!)
- 🔇 Quiet!: Silenzju! (see-LEN-zhoo!)
- 🛑 Stop!: Waqqaf! (WAH-kahf!)
- 👀 Look!: Ara! (AH-rah!)
- 🥱 Calm down: Kwieta! (KWEE-ET-ah!)
- 👏 Come here: Jiġi hawn! (YEE-jee hown!)
- ⏳ Wait: Ibqa’! (ib-KAH!)
- 🌟 Good job!: Kbir! (KBIR!)
- 🤝 Let’s go!: Sejjħa! (SEJ-ja!)