Using One Verb After Another

Lesson objective

In this lesson, you will learn how to use two verbs together in one sentence.

Two verbs in English

In English, the second verb is often an infinitive: I want to read. He likes to cook. We forgot to call you. She began to study yesterday. Darija does not have an infinitive in the same way — instead, use the present-tense form of the second verb without ka-.

Removing “ka-”

English	Present tense	Without ka-
I go	kan-mši	n-mši
You go — masculine	kat-mši	t-mši
He goes	kay-mši	y-mši
She goes	kat-mši	t-mši
We go	kan-mšiu	n-mšiu
You go — plural	kat-mšiu	t-mšiu
They go	kay-mšiu	y-mšiu

Using the forms after “bġa”

English	Darija
I want to go	bġit n-mši.
You want to go — singular	bġiti t-mši.
He wants to go	bġa y-mši.
She wants to go	bġat t-mši.
We want to go	bġina n-mšiu.
You want to go — plural	bġitu t-mšiu.
They want to go	bġau y-mšiu.

More examples

kan-tmnna n-tkllm d-darija mzyan. — I hope to speak Darija well.

nsa y-jib l-ktab. — He forgot to bring the book.