fejn

Asking Where

Level 1

fejn asks for a location; minn fejn asks for a source or starting point.

How It Works

Fejn asks about location and can ask where someone goes. It does not change for gender or number; the following predicate keeps the agreement appropriate to its participant. A preceding preposition makes the spatial relation explicit: minn fejn means “from where,” while għal fejn asks about a destination.

An embedded location question occurs inside a larger sentence. In Naf fejn taħdem Marija., the fejn clause supplies what is known, and the whole sentence is a statement. The expression kull fejn introduces a locative free relative meaning “wherever,” without a preceding place noun. Compare requesting one missing location with covering every relevant place. These subordinate uses retain a location-based meaning; they do not make fejn interchangeable with the general clause linker li.

Examples (3)

  1. Minn fejn ġejja Sara?

    Where is Sara coming from?

    Minn specifies a source; ġejja is feminine singular.

  2. Naf fejn taħdem Marija.

    I know where Marija works.

    Fejn introduces an embedded location question.

  3. Kull fejn tmur, issib ħanut.

    Wherever you go, you find a shop.

    Kull fejn introduces a locative free relative; the intended participant is you singular.

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