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(links to the best memrises for beginner Basic Albanian 1 and Basic Albanian 2 by the ingenious BaaS) |
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Albanian verbs have no infinite forms so all the dictionaries have them listed by the 1st person singular. This is handy for quickly learning to express what I do or what I would like to do. | Albanian verbs have no infinite forms so all the dictionaries have them listed by the 1st person singular. This is handy for quickly learning to express what I do or what I would like to do. | ||
Knowing the first things to know about nouns and adjectives now would be a good time to consider starting to play the '''[https://www.memrise.com/course/81045/basic-albanian-1/ Basic Albanian 1]''' on Memrise. Memrise programs your brain slightly differently than traditional methods, but hey, how harmful can it be? | |||
== Resources for learning Albanian == | == Resources for learning Albanian == | ||
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* https://memrise.com is a spaced repetition flashcard and beyond language learning game and it has various memrises of varying quality. Memrise programs your brain slightly differently than traditional methods of vocabulary acquisition. | * https://memrise.com is a spaced repetition flashcard and beyond language learning game and it has various memrises of varying quality. Memrise programs your brain slightly differently than traditional methods of vocabulary acquisition. | ||
::* '''[https://www.memrise.com/course/81045/basic-albanian-1/ Basic Albanian 1]''' (~170 things to learn) and '''[https://www.memrise.com/course/482838/basic-albanian-2-2/ Basic Albanian 2]''' (~210 things to learn) are of high quality, simple intros to the basic building blocks made by BaaS, an apparent memrise genius if you look at his productivity, scope and quality of his work. | ::* '''[https://www.memrise.com/course/81045/basic-albanian-1/ Basic Albanian 1]''' (~170 things to learn) and '''[https://www.memrise.com/course/482838/basic-albanian-2-2/ Basic Albanian 2]''' (~210 things to learn) are of high quality, simple intros to the basic building blocks made by BaaS, an apparent memrise genius if you look at his productivity, scope and quality of his work. | ||
::* [https://www.memrise.com/course/1054595/discovering-albanian/ | ::* '''[https://www.memrise.com/course/1054595/discovering-albanian/ Discovering Albanian 1]''' (~1800 things to learn) is of high/professional quality and also with high quality, consistent and precise audio for practically all words and phrases to be learned. This memrise has over 1800 things to learn so it is the biggest available. The makers of this memrise have used sensible notation: For nouns indefinite and definite singular and indefinite plural are given etc. etc. | ||