She in the Perfect
Ħareġ is masculine singular; ħarġet is feminine singular.
How It Works
The perfect distinguishes gender in third-person singular. Compare ħareġ ‘he went out’ with ħarġet ‘she went out’: this feminine form changes the stem and adds -et. Likewise, ħaseb contrasts with ħasbet.
A grammatically feminine noun also controls this agreement. In il-karozza ħarġet, the car is the feminine subject. Verb formation follows its own patterns; an adjective's feminine -a does not supply a feminine perfect.
The loan paradigm contrasts pparkja with pparkjat: here -t follows the existing final a, producing the written sequence -at. Keep feminine third person distinct from shared first/second singular ħriġt. For plural subjects, use plural agreement, regardless of whether the participants are women, men or a mixed group.
Examples (3)
- Marija ħarġet wara l-ikel.
Marija went out after the meal.
Ħarġet marks feminine singular.
- Il-karozza ħarġet mill-garaxx.
The car came out of the garage.
The feminine noun controls agreement.
- Sara pparkjat ħdejn id-dar.
Sara parked beside the house.
The feminine form adds -t to pparkja, yielding final -at.
How It Connects
Learn This First
Develop the feminine forms as lexical stem-and-ending combinations, including retained final a in pparkjat, and connect them to the gender of the subject.
- -tA Shared Perfect Ending
The preceding lesson distinguishes ħriġt from ħarġet and pparkjajt from pparkjat, supplying the exact contrast needed to focus on feminine third-person formation.
Level 2 - A Noun's Gender
Lexical gender explains feminine perfect agreement with karozza, independently of whether the subject denotes a woman.
Level 1
Related Patterns
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Patterns that build on this one.
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