See sejjer on Wiktionary
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"english": "On my way to school, I saw a dead dog.",
"text": "Jien u sejjer l-iskola, rajt kelb mejjet.",
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25
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"english": "To the rock I come and go, on the rock I always walk,\n For I have my sweetheart there, and she waves to me with a handkerchief.\n Darling, one thing I ask of you: Lend me that handkerchief a while!\n Those people won’t even know, and I sure won’t tell your mum.",
"ref": "Traditional, “Ja ħanina”, performed by Frans Baldacchino:",
"text": "Fuq il-blata ġej u sejjer, fuq il-blata nerġa’ mmur.\n Għax hemmhekk għandi namrata, u xxejjirli bil-maktur.\n Ħanina, nitolbok ħaġa: Islifli ftit il-maktur!\n Dawk in-nies ma jkunux jafu, ’l ommok ma ngħidilhiex żgur.",
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"on one’s way (to), going (somewhere)"
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"ipa": "/ˈsɛj.jɛr/"
}
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"ref": "1970, Anton Buttigieg, “Lis-Sena l-Ġdida 1964”, in Fl-Arena:",
"text": "X’sejra ġġibilna ġewwa l-fardal tiegħek.\nja Sena Ġdida?\nAh! biegħed minna\nil-għelt, il-ġlied,\nid-demm bejn l-aħwa;\nrażżan ir-regħba u l-ġibdiet tal-ħakma,\nrattab l-irjus u l-qlub,\nġibilna s-sabar ta’ xulxin, l-imħabba,\nġibilna l-għaqda,\nġibilna s-sliem,\nġibilna l-ħelsien!",
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"Indicates a future tense."
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19,
25
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"english": "To the rock I come and go, on the rock I always walk,\n For I have my sweetheart there, and she waves to me with a handkerchief.\n Darling, one thing I ask of you: Lend me that handkerchief a while!\n Those people won’t even know, and I sure won’t tell your mum.",
"ref": "Traditional, “Ja ħanina”, performed by Frans Baldacchino:",
"text": "Fuq il-blata ġej u sejjer, fuq il-blata nerġa’ mmur.\n Għax hemmhekk għandi namrata, u xxejjirli bil-maktur.\n Ħanina, nitolbok ħaġa: Islifli ftit il-maktur!\n Dawk in-nies ma jkunux jafu, ’l ommok ma ngħidilhiex żgur.",
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"on one’s way (to), going (somewhere)"
],
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"ipa": "/ˈsɛj.jɛr/"
}
],
"word": "sejjer"
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"ref": "1970, Anton Buttigieg, “Lis-Sena l-Ġdida 1964”, in Fl-Arena:",
"text": "X’sejra ġġibilna ġewwa l-fardal tiegħek.\nja Sena Ġdida?\nAh! biegħed minna\nil-għelt, il-ġlied,\nid-demm bejn l-aħwa;\nrażżan ir-regħba u l-ġibdiet tal-ħakma,\nrattab l-irjus u l-qlub,\nġibilna s-sabar ta’ xulxin, l-imħabba,\nġibilna l-għaqda,\nġibilna s-sliem,\nġibilna l-ħelsien!",
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"Indicates a future tense."
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"ipa": "/ˈsɛj.jɛr/"
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