bejn
Maltese
Alternative forms
- bejniet (rare as such, but see usage notes)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bɛjn/
Usage notes
- When there is a second object (between X and Y), the preposition can be repeated optionally. This usage is considered more correct when one of the objects is a personal pronoun/suffix; otherwise it is fairly rare:
- bejn ommi u (bejn) missieri ― between my mother and my father
- bejnhom u (bejn) marti ― between them and my wife
- bejn marti u bejni / bejn marti u jien ― between my wife and me
- The suffixed forms (except in the first and second person singular) have two variants: one from the stem bejn- and one from the stem bejniet-. The predominant usage is that the simple form is used when there is a second object (as bejnhom above), while the extended form is used when there is but one object, namely a plural or collective: il-problemi bejniethom (“the problems between them, their internal problems”).
Inflection
Inflected forms
Base form | bejn | ||
---|---|---|---|
Personal-pronoun- including forms |
Singular | Plural | |
Masculine | Feminine | Common | |
First person | bejni | bejnna | |
Second person | bejnek | bejnkom | |
Third person | bejnu | bejnha | bejnhom |
Inflected forms
Base form | bejn | ||
---|---|---|---|
Personal-pronoun- including forms |
Singular | Plural | |
Masculine | Feminine | Common | |
First person | bejnieti | bejnietna | |
Second person | bejnietek | bejnietkom | |
Third person | bejnietu | bejnietha | bejniethom |
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