Maltese · 7 November 2026 · Weak and Defective Verbs in the Present Tense
nieklu
we eat
verb
The first-person plural present tense form of the verb 'to eat'. The core stem drops its second vowel (syncopation) when adding the plural suffix '-u' alongside the first-person plural prefix 'ni-'.
In a sentence
Il-lejla se nieklu għand iz-ziju għax illum għandu għeluq sninu.
Tonight we are eating at my uncle's house because today is his birthday.
