Maltese · 3 October 2026 · Hollow and Doubled Verbs
qal
he said
verb
The third-person masculine singular perfective form of the verb 'qal' (to say). This is a hollow verb, meaning the middle radical is a weak vowel that affects conjugation.
In a sentence
Mar għand id-dar tal-ewwel ħanżir u qal:
He went to the first pig's house and said: