Maltese: “emmen” and “ħaseb”

Last activity 11 April 2013 by tina_ch

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tina_chActive member09 April 2013 18:40:18

Hi everybody,

there is emmen and ħaseb.
What is the difference between the two, a context in which one can be used but not the other one and vice-versa?
Sometimes they seem to be interchangeable and sometimes not, but I don't really know how and why.

Grazzi
Tina

GuestPoster566ViP09 April 2013 20:18:40

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lambadaSerial expat09 April 2013 21:21:20

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"Emmen" = he believed
"Haseb" = he thought

The first implies less certainty than the second. So we would say "George jemmen li Malta ser tidhol f'ricessjoni" = "George believes that Malta is going into a recession". An example of "haseb" would be "George haseb li kien il-Hadd" = "George thought it was a Sunday"

holgerMaltaActive member09 April 2013 21:40:08

As far as I understand Malta up to know,
"believing" implies much more certainty than "thinking"...

GuestPoster566ViP10 April 2013 03:07:35

3692

May I suggest a separate topic category for 'Learning to speak Maltese that is grammaticality correct'?

tina_chActive member11 April 2013 15:32:06

Thanks, to all of you.

Your responses are very much appreciated.
Tina

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