Learning Albanian: Difference between revisions

* [https://www.etymonline.com/ Online Etymology Dictionary] is useful if in doubt whether a word comes from English or if it a loan word of theirs.

=== Loan words for English speakers ===

# abuzim, -i, -e == an abuse

# abuzoj == to abuse

# autoritarist, -e == authoritarian

# autoritet, -i, -ë == an authority

# bakter, -e, bakterie == bacterium

# balet, -i, -e == a ballet

# brokoli == broccoli

# bunker, -i, -ë == a bunker

# celular, -e == cellular

# ceremoni, -a, - == a ceremony

# cikël, -li, -le == a cycle

# citoplazmë, -ë (?), -a == a cytoplasm

# datë, -a, -a == a date (time)

# datoj == to date (time)

# dominoj == to dominate

# dozë, -a, -a == a dose

# editorial, -i, -e == an editorial

# edukatë, -a == an education

# epidermë == an epidermis

# estetik, -e == aesthetic  

# i famshëm, e famshme == famous

# favor, -i, -e == a favour

# furnizoj == to furnish

# futboll, -i == football (soccer)

# galeri, -a, - == a gallery

# gest, -i, -e == a gesture

# global, -e == global

# glob, -i, -e == a globe

# grup, -i, -e == a group

# guvernator, -i, -ë == a governor

# hamburger, -i, -ë == a hamburger

# harmonik, -e == harmonic

# holl, -i, -e == a hall

# hotel, -i, -e == a hotel

# identifikim, -i, -e == an identification

# ikonografik, -e == iconographic

# italian, -i, -ë == Italian (nationality

# itinerar, -i, -e == an itinerary

# janar, -i == January

# ju == you

# kamp, -i, -e == a a camp

# kandidat, -i, -ë == a candidate

# kurs, -i, -e == a course (studying or exchange rate)

# kushtoj == to cost

# letër, -ra, -ra == a letter, a card

# lider == a leader

# litër, -ri, -ra == a liter

# madhësti, -a == majesty, grandiosity

# mafie, -a, -a == a mafia

# muskul, -i, -jt == a muscle

# muzikë, -a == music

# nikotinë, -a, -a == a nicotine

# nostalgji, -a, -të == a nostalgy

# notar, -i, -ë == a notary

# numeroj == to number, numerate, count

# objekt, -i, -e == objects

# ofertë, -a, -a == an offer

# ovidukt, - (?), -e == an oviduct

# ovulacion, -i, -e == an ovulation

# pako, -ja, - == a pack, packet, parcel

# pankreas, -i, -e (?) == a pancreas

# puloverë, -a, -a == a pullover, a sweater

# puls, -i,- e ==  a pulse

# qendër, -a, -a == a center

# radio, -ja, - == a radio

# raketë, -a, -a == a rocket

# rival, -i, -ë == a rival

# i,e rregullt == regular

# saktë == exactly

# i,e saktë == exact

# seminar, -i, -e == a seminar

# sezon, -i, -e == a season

# shtet, -i, -e == a state, country

# simbolik, -e == symbolic, very cheap

# studim, -i, -e == a study

# studioj == to study

# taksi, -a, - == a taxi

# tekst, -i, -e == a text

# turist, -i, -ë == a tourist

# turistik, -e == touristic

# unik, -e == unique

# uretër, -ra, -ra == an urethra

# vaginë, -a, -a == a vagina

# vaksinë, -a, -a == a vaccine

# votë, -a, -a == a vote

# votim, -i, -e == a voting

# xhaketë, -a, -a == a jacket

# xhinse == jeans, denim

# zero == zero

# zigot, -i, -a == a zygote

# zonë, -a, -a == zone, area, region

=== Loan words for French speakers ===

These often come via Italian or are originally from Latin by which the words not so magically happen to often be the same in French. [[User:Jukeboksi|Jukeboksi]] ([[User talk:Jukeboksi|talk]])