għamel
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Etymology
Pronunciation
Verb
għamel (imperfect jagħmel, past participle magħmul, verbal noun għamil)
- to do, to make
- Synonym: (obsolete) fagħal
- Il-mastrudaxxa qed tagħmel sodda. ― The carpenter is making a bed.
- 1970, Anton Buttigieg, “Fil-Ġnien”, in Fl-Arena:
- Ta’ ferħ u serħ imlietni, u bħall-għasafar
u l-friefet jien għamilt: minn fjur għal fjur
ħsiebi tar bħal farfett, taħt siġra kbira
qalbi fesdqet il-għana bħal għasfur.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- to make (somebody do something)
- Synonym: ġiegħel
- to happen
- to organise
- to spend (time)
- Għamilna sena Ljubljana u sena oħra Madrid.
- We spent one year in Ljubljana and another year in Madrid.
- to leak, to spring
- to perform
- to play (act in a performance) [with -ha ‘dummy object’ and ta’]
- Tagħmilha t’inġiniera f’dal-film.
- She is playing the role of an engineer in this movie.
- to like very much [with għal ‘something’]
- Tagħmel għall-imqarrun. ― She likes macaroni very much.
- to place, to put
- to bear fruit
- Ix-xogħol qed jagħmel ħafna frott. ― The labour is bearing fruit.
- to cultivate
- to wet [with f’]
- to consider, to believe
- 1986, Salvatore Frendo De Mannarino, chapter VIII, in Barunissa Maltija, page 51:
- [...] l-istorja ta’ xi gwerrier li ommu u niesu kienu għamlu mejjet [...]
- [...] the story of a warrior whose mother and people considered him to be dead [...]
- to do (something) [with ma’ or għal ‘for someone’]
- Ma tapprezzax dak kollu li għamilt miegħek.
- You don’t appreciate everything I did for you.
- to fall under [with ma’]
- Iż-Żurrieq jagħmel mal-ħames distrett elettorali.
- Żurrieq falls under the fifth electoral district.
- to attack [with għal]
- to imitate [with bħal]
- Għala qed tagħmel bħali? ― Why are you imitating me?
- to do a favour or wrong [with lil]
- Għamilna pjaċir lill-ġenituri tagħna. ― We did our parents a favour.
- to pretend [with -ha ‘dummy object’ and tabirruħ]
- Għamilha tabirruħu marid. ― He pretended to be sick.
- to make it [with -ha ‘dummy object’]
- Għamilha! ― He made it!
Conjugation
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