Maltese · 18 October 2026 · Weak and Defective Verbs in the Present Tense
jiekol
he eats
verb
The third-person masculine singular present tense form of the verb 'to eat'. It uses the prefix 'ji-' to denote that a singular male subject is performing the action.
In a sentence
In-nannu jiekol bil-mod ħafna għax l-għodda tas-snien spiss tinkwetah.
Grandfather eats very slowly because his dentures often bother him.
