Indulgences

1. inbid Malti

   Maltese wine

   Usage

   Wine from grapes grown on Malta and Gozo. Check the origin on the label to tell it apart from wine merely bottled in Malta from imported grapes

   Grammar Note

   The base form is nbid; in running text, inbid with initial i, with article l-inbid, with preposition bl-inbid.

2. birra

   Beer

   Usage

   Malta brews its own beer, and bars stock local and imported side by side; white beer is "birra bajda"

   Grammar Note

   "birra" is feminine, so adjectives agree: "bajda" is the feminine form of "white"

3. qubbajt

   Qubbajt (nougat)

   Usage

   The slab nougat that every village feast stall sells, stacked in blocks and broken off by weight. It contains almonds and other nuts

4. karamelli tal-ħarrub

   Carob sweets

   Usage

   Hard, dark sweets made from carob (ħarrub), tied to Lent and Good Friday; also called "ħelu tal-ħarrub"

5. perlini

   Perlini (small brightly coloured sugared sweets)

   Usage

   Small multicoloured sugar-coated sweets sold at carnival; masqueraders once threw them to onlookers in the street. The centre is usually an almond

6. sigarett

   Cigarette

   Usage

   Smoking is banned in indoor public places in Malta, restaurants and bars included; you can smoke only outdoors, for example on a terrace

   Grammar Note

   The singular is "sigarett", the plural "sigaretti"

7. sigarru

   Cigar

   Usage

   A different word from "sigarett"; the indoor smoking ban applies to cigars in the same way

8. tabakk

   Tobacco

   Usage

   The leaf itself. It is the word used on shop shelving and in tax and health notices, not the word for asking for a single cigarette

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