A computational grammar and lexicon for Maltese

shows how each of them is expressed in Maltese 4 .
Table 2.18: RGL tense-anteriority system and correspondences to Maltese tenses
Anteriority Tense Polarity Description Example
Simult. Present Pos. Imperfective jorqod
Simult. Present Neg. ″ ma jorqodx
Simult. Past Pos. Perfective raqad
Simult. Past Neg. ″ ma raqadx
Simult. Future Pos. Prospective se jorqod
Simult. Future Neg. ″ m’hux se jorqod
Simult. Conditional Pos. Past imperfective kien jorqod
Simult. Conditional Neg. ″ ma kienx jorqod
Anterior Present Pos. (as Sim Past Pos)
Anterior Present Neg. (as Sim Past Neg)
Anterior Past Pos. Past perfect kien raqad
Anterior Past Neg. ″ ma kienx raqad
Anterior Future Pos. Future perfect se jkun raqad
Anterior Future Neg. ″ m’hux se jkun raqad
Anterior Conditional Pos. Past prospective kien jorqod
Anterior Conditional Neg. ma kienx jorqod
2.3.5 Phrases
Noun phrase
As shown in figure A.1, a noun phrase combines all kinds of determiners, pronouns, proper
and common nouns, and relative clauses. Most of these elements are linearised into strings in
the formation of the noun phrase, such that the main s field is a record from case to string:
oper
NounPhrase : Type = {
s : NPCase => Str ;
a : Agr ;
isPron : Bool ;
isDefn : Bool ;
} ;
param
NPCase = NPNom | NPAcc | NPCPrep ;
4 This table differs from that shown in (Zammit, 2012, p. 31), which contains some errors.
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