See kien in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"plural",
"third-person"
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"singular"
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"masculine",
"second-person",
"singular"
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"first-person",
"imperfect",
"singular"
]
},
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"imperfect",
"second-person",
"singular"
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},
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"third-person"
]
},
{
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"first-person",
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},
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"plural",
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]
},
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},
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"plural",
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]
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"15": "kun",
"16": "kunu",
"2": "kont",
"3": "kien",
"4": "kienet",
"5": "konna",
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"7": "kienu",
"8": "nkun",
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"parents": [
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"source": "w"
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{
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"word": "inkella"
},
{
"word": "jekk"
},
{
"word": "kell"
},
{
"word": "kieku"
}
],
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{
"ref": "2008, Trevor Żahra, Il-Ġenn li Jżommni f’Sikti, Merlin Publishers, →ISBN:",
"text": "Missieri kien niżel jiġri isfel, ħareġ fuq l-għatba u beda jsejjaħ lill-pulizija biex iwissihom b’dan il-periklu.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2018, Antoinette Borg, Amina, Merlin Publishers, →ISBN:",
"text": "Imnalla għajjatlu Fredu u kellu jwaqqaf l-eloġju ta’ nannuh, għax naħseb l-istorja li kien imiss kienet li għandu xi gżira privata.",
"type": "quote"
}
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"to be"
],
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"be"
]
]
}
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{
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},
{
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},
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"masculine",
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},
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},
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"tags": [
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"singular",
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"singular"
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},
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"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"perfect",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
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"plural",
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},
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"masculine",
"plural"
]
},
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"masculine",
"plural",
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]
},
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"source": "conjugation",
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"masculine",
"plural",
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]
},
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},
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},
{
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"source": "conjugation",
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"feminine",
"imperfect",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
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"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"first-person",
"imperfect",
"plural"
]
},
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"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"imperfect",
"plural",
"second-person"
]
},
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"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"imperfect",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
},
{
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"source": "conjugation",
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"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
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"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"plural",
"second-person"
]
}
],
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}
],
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"11": "tkun",
"12": "nkunu",
"13": "tkunu",
"14": "jkunu",
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"ref": "2008, Trevor Żahra, Il-Ġenn li Jżommni f’Sikti, Merlin Publishers, →ISBN:",
"text": "Missieri kien niżel jiġri isfel, ħareġ fuq l-għatba u beda jsejjaħ lill-pulizija biex iwissihom b’dan il-periklu.",
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},
{
"ref": "2018, Antoinette Borg, Amina, Merlin Publishers, →ISBN:",
"text": "Imnalla għajjatlu Fredu u kellu jwaqqaf l-eloġju ta’ nannuh, għax naħseb l-istorja li kien imiss kienet li għandu xi gżira privata.",
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},
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}
],
"word": "kien"
}
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