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Adjectives go after nouns like in French. Adjectives have a linking article (i,e) to the noun in between them. Nouns ending in a vowel in the indefinite form are feminine and ones ending in consonants are masculine. Verbs are listed as 1st person sing.
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(Adjectives go after nouns like in French. Adjectives have a linking article (i,e) to the noun in between them. Nouns ending in a vowel in the indefinite form are feminine and ones ending in consonants are masculine. Verbs are listed as 1st person sing.) |
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Welcome to Learning Albanian. | Welcome to Learning Albanian. | ||
The name of the Albanian language in Albanian language is 'shqip' and the name of the country Albania is 'Shqipëri | The name of the Albanian language in Albanian language is 'shqip' and the name of the country Albania is 'Shqipëri' (indefinite (later indef.)) and 'Shqipëria. (definite (later def.)) Both of these could be said to be derived from the base word sq.'shqiponja' == en."the eagle". | ||
As you may notice the Albanian nouns have their article affixed to the end of the noun and not preceding it. This proper noun is expressed 'Shqipëri, -a' in this document. | |||
'''Adjectives: first things to know''' | |||
For those of you who know French you'll feel at home as adjectives and adverbs are placed after the noun also in Albanian. | |||
Nouns and adjectives are connected by a adjectival article. For nominative these are 'i' for masculine and 'e' for feminine. | |||
''' Nouns: first things to know''' | |||
Albanian has 2 grammatical genders: masculine and feminine but worry not, nouns that end in a consonant are masculines and nouns ending in a vowel are feminines. Exceptions are if the noun clearly is of the other gender than the vowel/consonant rule would say. | |||
'''Verbs: first things to know''': | |||
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. | |||
== Resources for learning Albanian == | == Resources for learning Albanian == | ||