Colloquial Albanian : The Complete Course For Beginners 2012 ed.

Front Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Contents
Introduction to the Albanian language
Introduction to the Albanian sound system
The Albanian alphabet (CD1; 2)
Exercise (CD1; 3)
1 Si jeni? – How are you?
Dialogue 1 – Mirëmbrëma, si jeni? (CD1; 4)
Dialogue 2 – Si quheni ju? (CD1; 6)
Vocabulary
Language points
Greetings
Farewells
Subject pronouns
The verbs jam and kam in the presen tindicative
The interrogative pronoun kush ‘who’
Exercise 1
Exercise 2
Exercise 3
Exercise 4
Dialogue 3 – Jam shqiptar (CD1; 9)
Dialogue 4 – Jam anglez (CD1; 12)
Dialogue 5 – Ju jeni gjermane? (CD1; 13)
Dialogue 6 – Ju jeni austriak? (CD1; 14)
Vocabulary
Language points
Negative sentences
Asking yes/no questions
Answering yes/no questions
Nationality adjectives
Asking about nationality
The indefinite form of proper nouns
Using proper nouns as subjects
Saying where you are from
Calling someone by his/her name
Exercise 5
Exercise 6
Exercise 7
Exercise 8
Exercise 9
Bledi (CD1; 16)
Vocabulary
Exercise 10
Culture point
2 U në jam anglez, po ju? – I am English, and you?
Dialogue 1 – Unë jam anglez, po ju? (CD1; 17)
Dialogue 2 – Jeni në Shqipëri për pushime? (CD1; 19)
Vocabulary
Language points
Verb classes in Albanian
Present tense indicative: Class 1 verbs
Question words
The preposition në ‘at’
Exercise 1
Exercise 2
Exercise 3
Exercise 4
Exercise 5
Shendi Guri (CD1; 23)
Vocabulary
Language points
Adjective classes in Albanian
Class 2 adjectives: Predicative use
Asking about professions
Talking about professions
Exercise 6
Exercise 7
Exercise 8
Exercise 9
Exercise 10
Exercise 11
Exercise 12
Culture points
3 Në kafe – At the coffee shop
Dialogue 1 – Çfarë dëshironi? (CD1; 25)
Dialogue 2 – Unë dua një sanduiç, po ti? (CD1; 29)
Vocabulary
Language points
The indefinite article: Singular nouns
The definite article: Singular masculine nouns
The definite article: Singular feminine nouns
Present indicative of Class 3 verbs
Present progressive
The present indicative of the verb dua ‘to want’
Exercise 1
Exercise 2
Exercise 3
Exercise 4
Dialogue 3 – Në hotel (CD1; 31)
Vocabulary
Language points
The indefinite plural of masculine nouns
The definite article: Nominative definite plural masculine nouns
The indefinite plural of feminine nouns
The definite article: Nominative definite plural feminine nouns
Ja
Majtas ‘on the left’, djathtas ‘on the right’
Exercise 5
Exercise 6
Exercise 7
Exercise 8
Culture points
4 Suvenire nga Shqipëria – Souvenirs from Albania
Dialogue 1 – Në telefon (CD1; 34)
Vocabulary
Language points
Attributive Class 2 adjectives with singular nouns
Cardinal numbers
Telling the time
Expressing when an event takes place
Exercise 1
Exercise 2
Exercise 3
Exercise 4
Dialogue 2 – Në një dyqan në Krujë (CD1; 36)
Vocabulary
Language points
Attributive Class 2 adjectives with plural masculine nouns
Masculine nouns that change gender in the plural
Adjectives ending in –ëm, –shëm
Attributive Class 2 adjectives with plural feminine nouns
Some irregular adjectives
Predicative Class 2 adjectives: Plural forms
Exercise 5
Exercise 6
Exercise 7
5 A partamenti im – My apartment
Dialogue 1 – Apartamenti im (CD1; 40)
Vocabulary
Language points
Accusative indefinite nouns and Class 2 adjectives: Singular forms
Accusative indefinite nouns and Class 2 adjectives: Plural forms
Më pëlqen
Exercise 1
Exercise 2
Exercise 3
Dialogue 2 – Klara po kërkon një apartament me qira (CD1; 42)
Vocabulary
Language points
Accusative definite nouns
Accusative definite nouns and Class 2 adjectives: Singular
Accusative definite nouns and Class 2 adjectives: Plural
Prepositions used with the accusative case
Ordinal numbers
Exercise 4
Exercise 5
Exercise 6
Vocabulary
Exercise 7
Exercise 8
Vocabulary
6 Në dyqan – At the store
Dialogue 1 – Te gazetashitësi (CD1; 45)
Vocabulary
Language points
Cili ‘which’
Accusative pronouns and clitics
Exercise 1
Exercise 2
Exercise 3
Exercise 4
Dialogue 2 – Në dyqan (CD1; 47)
Vocabulary
Additional vocabulary
Language points
Present tense indicative of Class 2 verbs
Weights, Part I: Fruits and vegetables
The use of Albanian money
Exercise 5
Exercise 6
Exercise 7
Exercise 8
Ballokumja (CD1; 49, 50)
Vocabulary
Exercise 9
Vocabulary
Culture point
7 Në restorant – At the restaurant
Dialogue 1 – Në minimarket (CD1; 51)
Vocabulary
Language points
Attributive ablative case
Uses of the attributive ablative case
Weights, Part II: Dairy products and liquids
Exercise 1
Exercise 2
Exercise 3
Dialogue 2 – Në pastiçeri (CD1; 53)
Vocabulary
Language points
Comparative adjectives
Comparative adverbs
Possessive adjectives, Part I: Nominative singular possessee
Exercise 4
Exercise 5
Dialogue 3 – Në restorant (CD1; 54)
Vocabulary
Exercise 6
Vocabulary
Exercise 7
Vocabulary
Culture point – Albanian cuisine
8 Pushimet – Vacation
Dialogue 1 – Në agjenci (CD1; 57)
Vocabulary
Language points
Present subjunctive
The modal verbs duhet ‘must’ and mund ‘can’
Subjunctive and negation
Days of the week
Exercise 1
Exercise 2
Exercise 3
Dialogue 2 – Pushimet (CD1; 59)
Vocabulary
Language points
The future tense
Months of the year
Exercise 4
Exercise 5
Exercise 6
Exercise 7
Thethi (CD1; 61)
Vocabulary
9 Në rrugë – On the street
Dialogue 1 – Në rrugë (CD2; 1)
Vocabulary
Language points
Definite ablative case
Demonstrative: Nominative forms
Demonstrative: Accusative forms
Exercise 1
Exercise 2
Exercise 3
Exercise 4
Dialogue 2 – Si mund të shkoj tek Ambasada Angleze? (CD2; 4)
Dialogue 3 – Kam nevojë për një taksi për në aeroport (CD2; 6)
Vocabulary
Language points
Imperative
Negative imperative
The verbs iki ‘to go, to leave’, eci ‘to walk’, hipi ‘to go in, to climb’
Exercise 5
Exercise 6
Exercise 7
Shkodra, qyteti i biçikletave (CD2; 8)
Vocabulary
10 Në postë – At the post office
Dialogue 1 – Në postë (CD2; 9)
Vocabulary
Language points
Dative forms of personal pronouns
Other verbs like më pëlqen ‘to like’
Exercise 1
Exercise 2
Exercise 3
Exercise 4
Dialogue 2 – Çfarë po bën këtu? (CD2; 11)
Vocabulary
Language points
Indirect objects: Nouns and dative case
Clitic doubling with indirect and direct objects
Possessive adjectives, Part II: Nominative plural possessees
Exercise 5
Dialogue 3 – A mund të bisedoj me zotin Adam, ju lutem? (CD2; 13)
Vocabulary
Language points
Dative clitic pronouns and subjunctive/future të
Accusative clitic pronouns and subjunctive/future të
Direct and indirect object clitics
Exercise 6
Exercise 7
Exercise 8
Exercise 9
Exercise 10
Interneti në Shqipëri (CD2; 14)
Vocabulary
11 Në Tiranë – In Tirana
Dialogue 1 – Në Tiranë (CD2; 15)
Vocabulary
Language points
Class 6 –(h)em verbs
Class 6 psychological verbs
Exercise 1
Exercise 2
Exercise 3
Exercise 4
Dialogue 2 – Atëherë, shihemi të dielën! (CD2; 18)
Vocabulary
Language points
Passive constructions
Reciprocal constructions
Impersonal constructions
Class 6 verbs: Imperative forms
Exercise 5
Exercise 6
Exercise 7
Exercise 8
Shqipëria në 10 destinacionet më mira per vitin 2011 CD2; 20)
Vocabulary
12 Si e kalove fundjavën? – How did you spend your weekend?
Dialogue 1 – Si e kalove fundjavën? (CD2; 21)
Vocabulary
Language points
Expressions typically used with the simple past tense
Simple past tense: Class 1 verbs
Simple past tense: Class 3 verbs
Simple past tense: Irregular verbs
Exercise 1
Exercise 2
Exercise 3
Exercise 4
Dialogue 2 – Si të shkoi udhëtimi? (CD2; 24)
Vocabulary
Language points
Simple past tense: Class 2 verbs
Simple past tense: Class 4 verbs
Simple past tense: Class 6 verbs
The simple past tense: Passive and reciprocal constructions
Exercise 5
Exercise 6
Exercise 7
Exercise 8
Panairi i librit “Tirana 2010” (CD2; 26)
Vocabulary
13 Te mjeku – At the doctor’s office
Dialogue 1 – Te mjeku (CD2; 27)
Vocabulary
Language points
Present perfect
The past participle
Other constructions that use the pas tparticiple
Exercise 1
Exercise 2
Exercise 3
Exercise 4
Dialogue 2 – Në klinikë (CD2; 29)
Dialogue 3 – Në farmaci (CD2; 30)
Vocabulary
Language points
Genitive case: Using the genitive after nominative forms
Genitive case: Using the genitive after accusative forms
Genitive versus attributive ablative
How to ask for the possessor
Exercise 5
Exercise 6
Exercise 7
Exercise 8
Për shëndetin e dhëmbëve (CD2; 33)
Vocabulary
14 I ntervistë për punë – A job interview
Dialogue 1 – Intervistë për punë (CD2; 34)
Vocabulary
Language points
Imperfect indicative
Imperfect subjunctive
Exercise 1
Exercise 2
Exercise 3
Exercise 4
Dialogue 2 – Në bankë (CD2; 36)
Vocabulary
Language points
Conditional tense
Possessive adjectives, Part III: Accusative forms
Exercise 5
Exercise 6
Exercise 7
Exercise 8
Exercise 9
Rritja ekonomike në Shqipëri (CD2; 38)
Vocabulary
15 I smail Kadare
Biografi (CD2; 39)
Vocabulary
Language points
Genitive constructions after a genitive or ablative noun
Class 2 adjectives after a genitive or ablative noun
Exercise 1
Exercise 2
Exercise 3
Dialogue 1 – Një artikull për Kadarenë (CD2; 40)
Vocabulary
Language points
Admirative mood: Present and imperfect tense
Admirative mood: Present perfect and pluperfect
Admirative mood: Class 6 verbs
Optative mood
Optative mood: Present tense
Optative mood: Irregular forms in the present optative
Negative optative
Present optative for Class 6 verbs
Optative mood: Present perfect tense
Exercise 4
Exercise 5
Exercise 6
Exercise 7
Exercise 8
Exercise 9 (CD2; 43)
Vocabulary
Exercise 10 (CD2; 44)
Exercise 11
(CD2; 45)
Vocabulary
Appendices
Appendix 1 Auxiliary verbs
Appendix 2 Main verb classes
Class 1 – shkoj ‘to go’
Class 2 – hap ‘to open’
Class 3 – pi ‘to drink’
Class 4 – eci ‘to go, walk’
Class 6 – takohem ‘to meet’
Key to selected exercises
Unit 1
Exercise 1
Exercise 2
Exercise 3
Exercise 4
Exercise 5
Exercise 6
Exercise 7
Exercise 8
Unit 2
Exercise 1
Exercise 2
Exercise 3
Exercise 4
Exercise 6
Exercise 7
Exercise 8
Exercise 9
Exercise 11
Exercise 12
Unit 3
Exercise 1
Exercise 2
Exercise 3
Exercise 4
Exercise 5
Exercise 6
Exercise 7
Exercise 8
Unit 4
Exercise 3
Exercise 4
Exercise 5
Exercise 6
Exercise 7
Unit 5
Exercise 1
Exercise 3
Exercise 4
Exercise 5
Unit 6
Exercise 1
Exercise 2
Exercise 3
Exercise 4
Exercise 5
Exercise 6
Exercise 7
Unit 7
Exercise 1
Exercise 2
Exercise 3
Exercise 4
Exercise 5
Unit 8
Exercise 1
Exercise 2
Exercise 3
Exercise 4
Exercise 5
Exercise 6
Unit 9
Exercise 1
Exercise 2
Exercise 3
Exercise 5
Exercise 6
Unit 10
Exercise 1
Exercise 2
Exercise 3
Exercise 4
Exercise 5
Exercise 6
Exercise 7
Exercise 8
Exercise 9
Unit 11
Exercise 1
Exercise 3
Exercise 4
Exercise 5
Exercise 6
Exercise 7
Unit 12
Exercise 1
Exercise 2
Exercise 5
Exercise 6
Exercise 7
Unit 13
Exercise 1
Exercise 4
Exercise 5
Exercise 6
Exercise 7
Unit 14
Exercise 1
Exercise 2
Exercise 3
Exercise 5
Exercise 6
Exercise 7
Exercise 8
Unit 15
Exercise 1
Exercise 2
Exercise 3
Exercise 4
Exercise 5
Exercise 6
Exercise 7
Exercise 8
Albanian–English glossary
A
B
C
Ç
D
DH
E
Ë
F
G
Gj
H
I
J
K
L
LL
M
N
NJ
O
P
Q
R
RR
S
SH
T
U
V
XH
Y
Z
ZH
Grammatical index
Articles
Adjectives
Case
Clitic pronouns
Negation
Nouns
Numbers
Past participle
Prepositions
Pronouns
Questions
Tenses/Moods
Verbs