Comments on: Malta needs more psychiatrists https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2016/12/malta-needs-psychiatrists/ Daphne Caruana Galizia is a journalist working in Malta. Mon, 12 Dec 2016 16:13:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Daphne Caruana Galizia https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2016/12/malta-needs-psychiatrists/#comment-3110954 Mon, 12 Dec 2016 16:13:00 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=87199#comment-3110954 Grammar is grammar in any language.

]]> By: Daphne Caruana Galizia https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2016/12/malta-needs-psychiatrists/#comment-3110948 Mon, 12 Dec 2016 15:49:00 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=87199#comment-3110948 Oh, I would have thought it was obvious. ‘Z-‘ and ‘d-‘ are the definite article.

Rahal id-Dingli and Rahal iz-Zebbug, but NOT Rahal il-Ghaxaq because like Attard, Lija and Balzan, Ghaxaq (Asciak) is a surname: the name of the family who originally owned the ‘rahal’ (homestead).

]]> By: Daphne Caruana Galizia https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2016/12/malta-needs-psychiatrists/#comment-3110922 Mon, 12 Dec 2016 10:46:00 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=87199#comment-3110922 No doubt – but let’s settle this “Hal-Ghaxaq” business once and for all, shall we, given that both you and Debono insist on hyphenating it.

‘Hal’ is not a form of the definitive article like ‘lill-‘, therefore it takes no hyphen. It is just a truncated form of ‘rahal’ and is therefore a separate noun in its own right, as in Rahal Ghaxaq.

]]> By: S Borg https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2016/12/malta-needs-psychiatrists/#comment-3110921 Mon, 12 Dec 2016 10:44:00 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=87199#comment-3110921 Run of the mill Labour sweet talk propaganda. I am sure it was sent to all graduates in Hal Ghaxaq.

]]> By: Mariella Cachia https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2016/12/malta-needs-psychiatrists/#comment-3110883 Sun, 11 Dec 2016 21:33:00 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=87199#comment-3110883 Ghax importanti li jfakkarna li hu gradwa.

]]> By: L-argument https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2016/12/malta-needs-psychiatrists/#comment-3110882 Sun, 11 Dec 2016 21:29:00 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=87199#comment-3110882 Imbaghad tghidlu irrelevanti u Franco Debono jiehu ghalih.

]]> By: Damian Doving https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2016/12/malta-needs-psychiatrists/#comment-3110881 Sun, 11 Dec 2016 21:24:00 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=87199#comment-3110881 Franco Debono voted against the 2012 government budget mainly because, in his words, the Prime Minister of the day, Lawrence Gonzi, stood by Austin Gatt over corruption allegations. I’m still waiting to see Franco Debono criticising this government over the plethora of corruption cases we have seen in barely four years.

]]> By: Matthew https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2016/12/malta-needs-psychiatrists/#comment-3110879 Sun, 11 Dec 2016 21:21:00 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=87199#comment-3110879 Mill-arkivji ta’ Franco Debono. Mur stahba…

]]> By: pronoia https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2016/12/malta-needs-psychiatrists/#comment-3110868 Sun, 11 Dec 2016 18:38:00 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=87199#comment-3110868 You mean his mum has made loads of scrapbooks.

]]> By: Natalie https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2016/12/malta-needs-psychiatrists/#comment-3110867 Sun, 11 Dec 2016 18:34:00 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=87199#comment-3110867 And he kept it? It’s like keeping one of those Christmas cards politicians send and then bringing it out after 17 years.

The man is nuts.

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