ppreferixxa
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Maltese
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Italian preferire.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]ppreferixxa (imperfect jippreferixxi, past participle ppreferit or preferit or ppreferut or preferut, verbal noun ppreferir)
- to prefer
Conjugation
[edit]- The traditional rule is that the syllable -ixx- is lost before stressed endings; that is in the past tense, before -x, and before a pronominal suffix. The contemporary tendency is to either keep -ixx- in all forms or avoid it in all forms (see pprefera above).
Conjugation of ppreferixxa | ||||||||
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singular | plural | |||||||
1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |||
perfect | m | ppreferejt | ppreferejt | ppreferixxa | ppreferejna | ppreferejtu | ppreferew | |
f | ppreferiet | |||||||
imperfect | m | nippreferixxi | tippreferixxi | jippreferixxi | nippreferixxu | tippreferixxu | jippreferixxu | |
f | tippreferixxi | |||||||
imperative | ppreferixxi | ppreferixxu |
Conjugation of ppreferixxa | ||||||||
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singular | plural | |||||||
1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |||
perfect | m | ppreferixxejt | ppreferixxejt | ppreferixxa | ppreferixxejna | ppreferixxejtu | ppreferixxew | |
f | ppreferixxiet | |||||||
imperfect | m | nippreferixxi | tippreferixxi | jippreferixxi | nippreferixxu | tippreferixxu | jippreferixxu | |
f | tippreferixxi | |||||||
imperative | ppreferixxi | ppreferixxu |