Maltese Nouns (Nomi)

Maltese Nouns are words used to name:

1. people (nies) 
- tabib (doctor)
- Pavlu (name)

- kok (chef)
- qassis (prist)

- tfal (children)

2. places  (postijiet)
- knisja (church)
- skola (school)
- dar (house)

- sptar (hospital)

 - ħanut (shop)

3. animals (annimali)

- għasfur (bird)

- ħuta (fish)
- ħanżir
- kelb (dog)
- qatus (cat)

4. objects (oġġetti)

 - karozza (car)

- lapes (pencil)
- riga (ruler)
- tazza (glass)
- lampa (lamp)

  

The gender of nouns can be
- masculine (maskil)
- feminine (femminil)

Feminine nouns (in generall) end with an "a" while masculine end with a consonant or with a vowel "i" or "u".

feminine:
kuċċarina (spoon)

mara (woman)
mejda (table)
 

 masculine:

vapur (ship)

ġobon (cheese)
dudu (warm)
granċi (crab)

However, there are exeptions to this rule: in many cases, we convert a noun from masculine to feminine by adding the vowel "a" at the end:

maskuline     ->     feminine

                                                   avukat        ->      avukata

                                                    qattus        ->       qattusa                                
                                għalliem        ->      għalliem

Sometimes, the word is changed completely:

                               maskuline       ->      feminine

                                   raġel             ->          mara

                                  (man)                      (woman) 

NOMI KOMUNI (Common Nouns): 
 are words used to name general items

- ajruplan
- vapur
- gżira

- mara
- karozza

NOMI PROPRJI (Proper Nouns):
are words used to name a particular person, place,
name or an object.Proper nouns start with a capital letter:

-Titanic
 - Boing 747
 - Malta
- Maria
- Toyota