stenna

Maltese

Root
’-n-j
4 terms

Alternative forms

ttenna, tenna

Etymology

From Arabic اِسْتَأْنَى‎ (istaʔnā, “to wait”). Compare the same phonetic development in Tunisian Arabic استنى‎ (istanna), Egyptian Arabic استنى‎ (istanna).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈstɛn.na/

Verb

stenna (imperfect jistenna, past participle mistenni, verbal noun stennija)

to wait
Sieħbek qed jistenniek. ― Your friend is waiting for you.

Sħabi qed jistennewni. ― My friends are waiting for me.
- 2018 [1977], Alfred Massa, L-Istar tal-Imgħoddi, 2nd edition, Horizons, page 60:
  Lil Alexander insibu jistennieni.
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
to expect, anticipate

Conjugation

Conjugation of stenna
		singular				plural
		1^st person	2^nd person	3^rd person		1^st person	2^nd person	3^rd person
perfect	m	stennejt	stennejt	stenna		stennejna	stennejtu	stennew
perfect	f	stennejt	stennejt	stenniet		stennejna	stennejtu	stennew
imperfect	m	nistenna	tistenna	jistenna		nistennew	tistennew	jistennew
imperfect	f	nistenna	tistenna	tistenna		nistennew	tistennew	jistennew
imperative			stenna				stennew

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