Kelma Kelma promoting Maltese on Facebook
Video: Chris Sant Fournier
A Facebook page featuring curiosities about the Maltese language, launched last month, has already garnered more than 6,400 likes.
Called Kelma Kelma, it was set up by University of Malta lecturer and PhD graduate Michael Spagnol who divided the page in 11 sections, including the word of the day, like bużillis, sapjosesswali, sinifiteti and new words that are making their way into our language like tiffrejpja, tikklikkja, tillajkja, tifflittja and mazza.
“I know some might look down on these words and, yet, we still use them on a daily basis. The language is not just what we read in dictionaries or grammar books but language is alive... we must not forget the colourful spoken language.”
Read the full story in The Times.
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Mark Bonello
Feb 8th, 22:31
Veru prosit ta' din l-inizjattiva.
Qed nuza xi haga minn dan il-materjal fil-klassijiet tal-Malti f'Melbourne.
m. borg (slm)
Feb 8th, 17:43
Prosit.
Tiehu pjacir tara lil min irrid jippromwovi l-lingwa maltija. Hasra li ghad hawn sezzjoni ta' nies li jahsbu li titkellem b'lingwa ohra hija "hip" u "cool".
alfred magro
Feb 8th, 17:01
Meta xi ħaġa issir tajba kullħadd ifaħħara u jieħu pjaċir bija,dawn il-kummenti kollha posittivi
godwin glanville
Feb 8th, 16:57
Prosit Sur Spagnol,
Jiena illi 47 sena noghod barra min Malta u xorta wahda nipprova nitkellem bil Malti meta jista ikun.Jiena id-dar b'inglis biss nitkellem. Dawk li jinsew il lingua taghom wara 5 minuti li jitilqu min Malta, dawk ikunu njuranti.
Jien bhala suggeriment inhoss li f'Malta hemm bzonn li dawk li jaghdmu hemm, irid li ikollom il lingua Maltija bhala requizitu.
Skuzi ghal xi zbalji
stephen mifsud
Feb 8th, 16:49
i love it thank u for creating this ... all the best
Mark Anthony Magro
Feb 8th, 15:38
Veru prosit!!!
Norman E Grech
Feb 8th, 15:32
Prosit ta l'Inizjattiva Michael!!
Ghandna bzonn niftakkru li DAN huwa l'ilsien taghna, u ghandna mhux biss niprizervawh imma ukoll li nkunu kburin bih!
K. Vella II
Feb 8th, 14:53
Kemm hi sabiħa wkoll li s-Sur Spagnol hu akkademiku. Kelma Kelma hu outreach programme tal-ġenn u tassew effettiv li ma qagħadx jistenna ebda fondi mill-UE, firem u burokrazija qabel ġie varat. Jalla l-eżempju jkaxkar.
Charles Grima
Feb 8th, 14:36
Inizjattiva tal-genn li qeghda thalli toghma tajba maghna li nhobbu l-lingwa taghna, u li ma nibzghux nuru li nhobbuha...
Ma naqbilx mal-kliem li jinqaleb dirett ghal malti (tip - mowbajl , offsajd)... mitt bniedem mitt fehma....
Pero' hija pagna tajba mmens!
K. Vella II
Feb 8th, 14:07
Prosit tassew, Michael.
C. J. Żahra
Feb 8th, 13:29
Kburi b'inizjattiva li ħarġet minn żagħżugħ ftit akbar minni iżda li mimli bl-esperjenza u l-għerf dwar ilsienna!! Proset Michael! U grazzi talli ta' kuljum tfittex li taqsam magħna dak li taf!
Bernard Bonnici
Feb 8th, 13:25
Grazzi Michael - inizjattiva tajba hafna hafna hafna!
Anthony A. Mifsud
Feb 8th, 13:08
My I Pad finds it extremely difficult to write in Maltese
Is there a way to write in Maltese ?
Ninu
Charles Grima
Feb 8th, 14:34
Just turn the language and spell check off! Jeezaloo!
B. Theuma
Feb 8th, 12:42
Prosit Michael!
Charles DeMicoli
Feb 8th, 11:41
Mhux biss informattiva, izda interressanti hafna. Wahda mill-aqwa fuq il-facebook. Grazzi, Michael.
Mark Fenech
Feb 8th, 11:41
An excellent initiative!
Ramon Casha
Feb 8th, 11:28
Proġett interessanti, riċerkat sew u preżentat tajjeb. Kuljum nitgħallem xi ħaġa ġdida jew ifakkarni f'xi frażi li tnissel tbissima. Prosit Michael.
D Portelli
Feb 8th, 11:12
Din il-pagna BOMBA kif nghidu ahna il-Maltin :D. Rajta kemm il-darba u gili certu espressjoniet iggibulek tbissima meta tarhom. Proset :)
michael catania
Feb 8th, 11:01
Great idea Michael, I will certainly be following it daily.
Victor Laiviera
Feb 8th, 11:00
Inizjattiva brillanti - prosit mill-GħQPM.
Ethelbert Schembri
Feb 8th, 10:53
One of the best pages of the mayhem that is FaceBook .. Well done !!
Keith Azzopardi
Feb 8th, 10:43
Prosit Michael! :)
T Mifsud
Feb 8th, 10:31
Well done for this initiative!
"..mill-ewwel bdiet tinfirex ma hafna nies" ...The reason is because it is funny, with plenty of humour as it is in effect reality!
alfred magro
Feb 8th, 10:27
Jien li nħobb il-Malti paġna bħal din tinżilli għasel ,prosit
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