

Introduction The Albanian Alphabet The Pronunciation of Albanian Letters The Alphabet and Some Common Albanian Names Mësimi 1: Prezantimi dhe përshëndetjet (Introductions and greetings) §1 Subject pronouns in Albanian §2 The verb jam ‘to be’ in the present indicative §3 The numbers from 0 to 12 §4 Telling time (part 1) §5 Negative and interrogative sentences Mësimi 2: Nga jeni? Ç’gjuhë flisni? (Where are you from? What language do you speak?) §6 The six classes of verbs and the verb flas ‘to speak’ in the present indicative §7 Countries, nationalities, and languages §8 Basic cases in Albanian nga ‘from’ to express origin and the nominative definite form of countries §9 Addressing someone by name §10 The numbers from 13 to 99 §11 Telling time (part 2) Mësimi 3: Ku banoni? (Where do you live?) §12 The verb punoj ‘to work’ and class 1 verbs §13 The particle po §14 The preposition në ‘in, at’ §15 Sa vjeç? Sa vjeçe? (How old?) §16 The verb kam ‘to have’ in the present indicative §17 The verb vij ‘to come’ in the present indicative §18 The preposition te(k) ‘to, at (a place)’ §19 The numbers from 100 to 1 000 and the basic mathematical operationsġ7 18 21 21 23 27 28 31 32 33 34 34 38 38 38 38

Albanian language-Textbooks for foreign speakers-English. Discovering Albanian I textbook / Linda Mëniku and Héctor Campos.

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