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1. It is my first night in Malta, and I go into a bar. The menu is all in Maltese, and I'm quickly confused. I decide to order 'birra bajda'. What have I just ordered?
2. Having finished my 'birra bajda', I decide to order a local stew. The menu says that the stew contains 'brungiela'. Not knowing what this is, I decide to be adventurous and try it anyway. When the dish arrives, I can see that it contains one ingredient more than any other. What is 'brungiela'?
3. The stew was delicious, and as I stand to leave, the waiter comes over to me with a 'kont'. What should I do with the aforementioned 'kont'?
4. I have a bit of a headache the next morning. I wake up and go down to the hotel restaurant. They have a large tray filled with 'bajda mghollija'. What is the tray filled with?
5. I leave the hotel feeling much better after my breakfast. I see several children running around on the street as I leave the hotel, and they are all running from one big, aggressive, child. One boy comes over to me, scared, and yells 'Jippretendiha, jippretendiha!'. What is he yelling?
6. Now on to grammar. The masculine version of the word for 'enjoyment' is 'gost'. What is the female version?
7. While we're on the topic of enjoyment, the term for 'to enjoy yourself' is 'ha pjacir'. What, therefore, is the word for 'enjoyable'?
8. In Malta, which one of these things would you write?
9. Which of these words is not the Maltese name for a month of the year?
10. What is the Maltese name for the religious holiday of Christmas?
11. A very difficult Maltese word to pronounce is 'zghozija'. What does it mean, though?
12. Back to my holiday in Malta. It's coming to the end of my holiday, and I have packed all my bags. I ring for a taxi, and the driver asks where I want to go. I want to go to the airport, so what do I say?
13. 'Qaqocca' is a kind of vegetable not widely eaten outside the Mediterranean, but what kind of vegetable is it?
14. What day of the Christian calendar is known in Malta as 'l-Erbgha ta' l-Irmied'?
15. So I get home to the airport, and find out that all of my 'bagalji' has gone missing. I therefore have to go to the 'depozitu tal-bagalji' to complain. What have I lost?
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