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Welcome to Learning Albanian. | Welcome to Learning Albanian. | ||
[[File:Wedge tailed eagle in flight04.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Shqiponja e madhe në Shqipëri. The eagle is big in Albania.]] | |||
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 derived from the word sq.'shqiponja' == en."the eagle" or is it the other way around that shqip is so awesome that the name of the eagle then gotta be shqiponja. | |||
Later-on code like this 'Shqipëri, -a' tells you that the definite form is formed by adding the definite article '-a' to it. | Later-on code like this 'Shqipëri, -a' tells you that the definite form is formed by adding the definite article '-a' to it. | ||
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''' Nouns: first things to know''' | ''' Nouns: first things to know''' | ||
As you may notice the Albanian nouns have their article affixed to the end of the noun and not preceding it. | |||
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. | 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. | ||