Ēezar Kurti
LEARN ALBANIAN
To my parents and my sister Bardha
MĖSIMI I KATĖRT - LESSON 4
I.
A.
Ēdo mėngjes Xhon Smithi bėn shėtitje nė park. Parku ndodhet afėr hotelit. Ai ėshtė i madh dhe i gjelbėr. Xhon Smithi mėson shqip. Ēdo ditė ai mėson nga njė mėsim.
Mėsimi i sotėm ėshtė i vėshtirė. Nė
orėn tetė vjen Marini dhe e ndihmon.
B. TRANSLATION:
John Smith takes a walk in the park every morning . The park is near the
hotel and it is big and green. John Smith studies Albanian. He studies one
lesson a day.
Today’s lesson is difficult. Marin Drini came at 8 o’clock to
help him with his lesson.
C. QUESTIONS - ANSWERS:
- Kur bėn shėtitje Xhon Smithi nė park?
When does John Smith take a walk in the park?
- Ai bėn shėtitje nė park ēdo mėngjes.
He takes a walk in the park every morning.
- Ku ndodhet parku?
Where is the park?
- Parku ndodhet afėr hotelit.
The park is near the hotel.
- A ėshtė i madh apo i vogėl
parku?
Is the park big or small?
- Parku ėshtė i madh dhe i
gjelbėr.
The park is big and green.
- Ēfarė mėson Xhon Smithi?
What does John Smith study?
- Xhon Smithi mėson shqip.
John Smith studies Albanian.
- Ėshtė i vėshtirė mėsimi i
sotėm?
Is today’s lesson difficult?
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Yes, today’s lesson is difficult.
- Nė ēfarė ore vjen Marini ?
What time does Marin arrive?
- Marini vjen nė orėn 8.
Marin arrives at 8 o’clock.
II. GRAMMAR:
1. THE DEFINITE FORM OF MASCULINE NOUNS
In the last lesson, we covered the indefinite form of nouns: shok - njė
shok / disa (ca) shokė..
Unlike the indefinite forms, the definite form of nouns is used to individualize a person or thing, distinguishing it from a group of similiar persons and things. For example:
Erdhi njė gazetar (indef.). A reporter came (a reporter that is unknown to us).
Erdhi gazetari (def.). The reporter came (a reporter that is known to us).
The definite form is made with the articles i, a etc. that are placed always after the noun and are connected directly to the stem of the noun. For example:
gazetar (m.) - njė gazetar (indef.) - gazetari (def.)
dhomė (f.)- njė dhomė (indef.) - dhoma (def.).
The definite form of masculine nouns is formed by adding the article -i or -u. The article is placed after thee noun and is connected directly to its stem.
Here are some examples with the article - i.
mėsim njė mėsim mėsimi (the lesson)
shqiptar njė shqiptar shqiptari
mėngjes njė mėngjes mėngjesi (the morning)
amerikan njė amerikan amerikani
gazetar njė gazetar gazetari
The nouns that end in consonants k, g, h or in accented vowels ķ and é are put in the definite form by adding the article -u. For example:
park njė park parku
shok njė shok shoku
mik njė mik
miku
zog njė zog
zogu
krah njė krah krahu
arķ njė arķ ariu
njerķ njė njerķ njeriu
atdhé njė atdhé atdheu
Exercise 1
Put these masculine nouns in the definite form:
Examples: turist - njė turist - turisti
mėsues - njė mėsues - mėsuesi
hotel - njė hotel -
student - njė student -
anglez - njė anglez -
gjerman - njė gjerman -
francez - njė francez -
italian - njė italian
ushtrim - njė ushtrim -
njerķ - njė njerķ -
krah - njė krah -
2. INTERROGATIVE SENTENCES WITH
INTERROGATIVE ADVERBS
Some interrogative sentences in Albanian are formed with the help of the interrogative adverbs Kur? (When?), Ku? (Where?) and Si ? How?). For
example:
Xhoni shėtit nė park ēdo mėngjes. John walks in the park every morning.
Kur shėtit Xhoni nė Park? When does John walk in the park?
Parku ndodhet afėr hotelit. The park is near the hotel.
Ku ndodhet parku? Where is the park?
Parku ėshtė i madh dhe i gjelbėr.
The park is big and green.
Si ėshtė parku? How is the park?
III. TELLING TIME. WHAT TIME IS IT?
Sa ėshtė ora? What time is it?
Ora ėshtė nėntė. It is nine o’clock.
Ora ėshtė nėntė e gjysmė. It
is nine thirty.
Ora ėshtė dhjetė e njėzetepesė (minuta). It is twenty five minutes past
ten.
Ora ėshtė njėmbėdhjetė e dyzet. It is forty minutes past eleven.
Ora ėshtė dymbėdhjetė fiks. It is twelve o’clock sharp.
Ora ėshtė dymbėdhjetė e dhjetė. It is ten minutes past twelve.
Tani ėshtė mesditė. It is now midday.
Tani ėshtė mesnatė. It is now midnight.
Pas njė ore. In one hour (An hour later).
Pas dhjetė minutash. In ten
minutes.
Tani. Now.
Ėshtė herėt akoma. It
is still early.
Ėshtė vonė. It is late.
Ju lutem, mė thoni, sa ėshtė ora? What time is it, please?
Mė vjen keq, por nuk mundem. I
am sorry, but I cannot.
Ora ime ka mbetur. My watch has stopped working.
Ora ime shkon pėrpara. My watch is fast.
Nė ēfarė ore (Nė ē’orė)? At what time? When?
Nė orėn njė. At one o’clock.
Nė orėn nėntė tė mbrėmjes. At ten o’clock in the evening.
Nė orėn dy tė natės. At two o’clock at night.
Exercise 2.
Translate this dialogue into English:
- A shkojmė sot nė teatėr?
- Nė ē’orė?
- Nė orėn shtatė tė mbrėmjes.
Tani ėshtė ora pesė e mbrėmjes.
- Ndoshta ėshtė vonė pėr biletat?
- Jo, jemi nė kohė.
- Mirė, shkojmė.
Vocabulary
mėngjes-i - morning
ēdo mėngjes - every morning
bėj shėtitje - to take a walk
nė park - in the park
hotel-i - hotel
ndodhet - to be located
afėr - near
i(e) madh - big
i (e) gjelbėr - green
mėsoj - to study, to learn
shqip - Albanian
ditė-a - day
ēdo ditė - every day
nga njė mėsim - one lesson at a time
vij - vjen - to come
ndihmoj - to help
kur - when
ku - where
si - how
shok-u - friend, comrade
mik-u - friend, fellow, mate
zog-u - bird
krah-u - arm
njerķ-u - man
atdhé-u - homeland
mėsues-i (m.) - teacher
mėsues/e-ja (f.) - teacher
dhe - and
fjalor-i - vocabulary
or/ė-a - watch, hour, time
minut/ė-a - minute
sekond/ė-a - second
sa ėshtė ora - what time is it
mbrėmje - evening
mesditė - noon, midday
mesnatė - midnight
tani - now
ėshtė vonė - it is late
ėshtė herėt - it is early
nė kohė - on time
i sotėm - today’s, contemporary
Note: the nouns are placed in the vocabulary in the indefinite and
definite form, for example: mėngjes-i, shok-u, sekondė-a etc.
Ēezar
Kurti — "Learn Albanian — Mėsoni
shqip" — Legas, (
Copyright©1997 by Ēezar Kurti.