Maltese for Foreigners 02. The Articles
Channel: Tomasz Andrzej Nidecki
Date: 21/03/2020

Second part of my Maltese mini-course for beginners. This one focuses on articles.

Use it along with my Memrise deck: https://www.memrise.com/course/2146130/il-malti-ghall-barranin-l-ewwel-livell/

Here are some notes from the video:
- Sun consonants: ć, d, n, r, s, t, x, ż, z
- Moon consonants: all the others
- Consonants treated like vowels: għ, h
- Liquid consonants: l, m, n, r

Articles:
il-: for moon consonants
iċ-, id-, in-, ir-, is-, it-, ix-, iż-, iz-: for sun consonants
l-: for vowels and silent consonants
l-: written as such when previous word ends with a vowel, but pronounced il-
l-i: when the word begins with double consonant and the first one is a liquid consonant or for combinations: sk, sp, st, sf