Colloquial Albanian : The Complete Course For Beginners 2012 ed.

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Colloquial Albanian is easy to use and completely up to date! Specially written by experienced teachers for self-study or class use, the course offers you a step-by-step approach to written and spoken Albanian. No prior knowledge of the language is required. Access to this book is courtesy of twirpx.com (registration needed). Please note that accompanying mp3 files are not provided. They can be downloaded from here: https://routledgetextbooks.com/textbooks/colloquial/language/albanian.php Front Cover Title Page Copyright Contents Introduction to the Albanian language Introduction to the Albanian sound system The Albanian alphabet (CD1; 2) Exercise (CD1; 3) 1 Si jeni? – How are you? Dialogue 1 – Mirëmbrëma, si jeni? (CD1; 4) Dialogue 2 – Si quheni ju? (CD1; 6) Vocabulary Language points Greetings Farewells Subject pronouns The verbs jam and kam in the presen tindicative The interrogative pronoun kush ‘who’ Exercise 1 Exercise 2 Exercise 3 Exercise 4 Dialogue 3 – Jam shqiptar (CD1; 9) Dialogue 4 – Jam anglez (CD1; 12) Dialogue 5 – Ju jeni gjermane? (CD1; 13) Dialogue 6 – Ju jeni austriak? (CD1; 14) Vocabulary Language points Negative sentences Asking yes/no questions Answering yes/no questions Nationality adjectives Asking about nationality The indefinite form of proper nouns Using proper nouns as subjects Saying where you are from Calling someone by his/her name Exercise 5 Exercise 6 Exercise 7 Exercise 8 Exercise 9 Bledi (CD1; 16) Vocabulary Exercise 10 Culture point 2 U në jam anglez, po ju? – I am English, and you? Dialogue 1 – Unë jam anglez, po ju? (CD1; 17) Dialogue 2 – Jeni në Shqipëri për pushime? (CD1; 19) Vocabulary Language points Verb classes in Albanian Present tense indicative: Class 1 verbs Question words The preposition në ‘at’ Exercise 1 Exercise 2 Exercise 3 Exercise 4 Exercise 5 Shendi Guri (CD1; 23) Vocabulary Language points Adjective classes in Albanian Class 2 adjectives: Predicative use Asking about professions Talking about professions Exercise 6 Exercise 7 Exercise 8 Exercise 9 Exercise 10 Exercise 11 Exercise 12 Culture points 3 Në kafe – At the coffee shop Dialogue 1 – Çfarë dëshironi? (CD1; 25) Dialogue 2 – Unë dua një sanduiç, po ti? (CD1; 29) Vocabulary Language points The indefinite article: Singular nouns The definite article: Singular masculine nouns The definite article: Singular feminine nouns Present indicative of Class 3 verbs Present progressive The present indicative of the verb dua ‘to want’ Exercise 1 Exercise 2 Exercise 3 Exercise 4 Dialogue 3 – Në hotel (CD1; 31) Vocabulary Language points The indefinite plural of masculine nouns The definite article: Nominative definite plural masculine nouns The indefinite plural of feminine nouns The definite article: Nominative definite plural feminine nouns Ja Majtas ‘on the left’, djathtas ‘on the right’ Exercise 5 Exercise 6 Exercise 7 Exercise 8 Culture points 4 Suvenire nga Shqipëria – Souvenirs from Albania Dialogue 1 – Në telefon (CD1; 34) Vocabulary Language points Attributive Class 2 adjectives with singular nouns Cardinal numbers Telling the time Expressing when an event takes place Exercise 1 Exercise 2 Exercise 3 Exercise 4 Dialogue 2 – Në një dyqan në Krujë (CD1; 36) Vocabulary Language points Attributive Class 2 adjectives with plural masculine nouns Masculine nouns that change gender in the plural Adjectives ending in –ëm, –shëm Attributive Class 2 adjectives with plural feminine nouns Some irregular adjectives Predicative Class 2 adjectives: Plural forms Exercise 5 Exercise 6 Exercise 7 5 A partamenti im – My apartment Dialogue 1 – Apartamenti im (CD1; 40) Vocabulary Language points Accusative indefinite nouns and Class 2 adjectives: Singular forms Accusative indefinite nouns and Class 2 adjectives: Plural forms Më pëlqen Exercise 1 Exercise 2 Exercise 3 Dialogue 2 – Klara po kërkon një apartament me qira (CD1; 42) Vocabulary Language points Accusative definite nouns Accusative definite nouns and Class 2 adjectives: Singular Accusative definite nouns and Class 2 adjectives: Plural Prepositions used with the accusative case Ordinal numbers Exercise 4 Exercise 5 Exercise 6 Vocabulary Exercise 7 Exercise 8 Vocabulary 6 Në dyqan – At the store Dialogue 1 – Te gazetashitësi (CD1; 45) Vocabulary Language points Cili ‘which’ Accusative pronouns and clitics Exercise 1 Exercise 2 Exercise 3 Exercise 4 Dialogue 2 – Në dyqan (CD1; 47) Vocabulary Additional vocabulary Language points Present tense indicative of Class 2 verbs Weights, Part I: Fruits and vegetables The use of Albanian money Exercise 5 Exercise 6 Exercise 7 Exercise 8 Ballokumja (CD1; 49, 50) Vocabulary Exercise 9 Vocabulary Culture point 7 Në restorant – At the restaurant Dialogue 1 – Në minimarket (CD1; 51) Vocabulary Language points Attributive ablative case Uses of the attributive ablative case Weights, Part II: Dairy products and liquids Exercise 1 Exercise 2 Exercise 3 Dialogue 2 – Në pastiçeri (CD1; 53) Vocabulary Language points Comparative adjectives Comparative adverbs Possessive adjectives, Part I: Nominative singular possessee Exercise 4 Exercise 5 Dialogue 3 – Në restorant (CD1; 54) Vocabulary Exercise 6 Vocabulary Exercise 7 Vocabulary Culture point – Albanian cuisine 8 Pushimet – Vacation Dialogue 1 – Në agjenci (CD1; 57) Vocabulary Language points Present subjunctive The modal verbs duhet ‘must’ and mund ‘can’ Subjunctive and negation Days of the week Exercise 1 Exercise 2 Exercise 3 Dialogue 2 – Pushimet (CD1; 59) Vocabulary Language points The future tense Months of the year Exercise 4 Exercise 5 Exercise 6 Exercise 7 Thethi (CD1; 61) Vocabulary 9 Në rrugë – On the street Dialogue 1 – Në rrugë (CD2; 1) Vocabulary Language points Definite ablative case Demonstrative: Nominative forms Demonstrative: Accusative forms Exercise 1 Exercise 2 Exercise 3 Exercise 4 Dialogue 2 – Si mund të shkoj tek Ambasada Angleze? (CD2; 4) Dialogue 3 – Kam nevojë për një taksi për në aeroport (CD2; 6) Vocabulary Language points Imperative Negative imperative The verbs iki ‘to go, to leave’, eci ‘to walk’, hipi ‘to go in, to climb’ Exercise 5 Exercise 6 Exercise 7 Shkodra, qyteti i biçikletave (CD2; 8) Vocabulary 10 Në postë – At the post office Dialogue 1 – Në postë (CD2; 9) Vocabulary Language points Dative forms of personal pronouns Other verbs like më pëlqen ‘to like’ Exercise 1 Exercise 2 Exercise 3 Exercise 4 Dialogue 2 – Çfarë po bën këtu? (CD2; 11) Vocabulary Language points Indirect objects: Nouns and dative case Clitic doubling with indirect and direct objects Possessive adjectives, Part II: Nominative plural possessees Exercise 5 Dialogue 3 – A mund të bisedoj me zotin Adam, ju lutem? (CD2; 13) Vocabulary Language points Dative clitic pronouns and subjunctive/future të Accusative clitic pronouns and subjunctive/future të Direct and indirect object clitics Exercise 6 Exercise 7 Exercise 8 Exercise 9 Exercise 10 Interneti në Shqipëri (CD2; 14) Vocabulary 11 Në Tiranë – In Tirana Dialogue 1 – Në Tiranë (CD2; 15) Vocabulary Language points Class 6 –(h)em verbs Class 6 psychological verbs Exercise 1 Exercise 2 Exercise 3 Exercise 4 Dialogue 2 – Atëherë, shihemi të dielën! (CD2; 18) Vocabulary Language points Passive constructions Reciprocal constructions Impersonal constructions Class 6 verbs: Imperative forms Exercise 5 Exercise 6 Exercise 7 Exercise 8 Shqipëria në 10 destinacionet më mira per vitin 2011 CD2; 20) Vocabulary 12 Si e kalove fundjavën? – How did you spend your weekend? Dialogue 1 – Si e kalove fundjavën? (CD2; 21) Vocabulary Language points Expressions typically used with the simple past tense Simple past tense: Class 1 verbs Simple past tense: Class 3 verbs Simple past tense: Irregular verbs Exercise 1 Exercise 2 Exercise 3 Exercise 4 Dialogue 2 – Si të shkoi udhëtimi? (CD2; 24) Vocabulary Language points Simple past tense: Class 2 verbs Simple past tense: Class 4 verbs Simple past tense: Class 6 verbs The simple past tense: Passive and reciprocal constructions Exercise 5 Exercise 6 Exercise 7 Exercise 8 Panairi i librit “Tirana 2010” (CD2; 26) Vocabulary 13 Te mjeku – At the doctor’s office Dialogue 1 – Te mjeku (CD2; 27) Vocabulary Language points Present perfect The past participle Other constructions that use the pas tparticiple Exercise 1 Exercise 2 Exercise 3 Exercise 4 Dialogue 2 – Në klinikë (CD2; 29) Dialogue 3 – Në farmaci (CD2; 30) Vocabulary Language points Genitive case: Using the genitive after nominative forms Genitive case: Using the genitive after accusative forms Genitive versus attributive ablative How to ask for the possessor Exercise 5 Exercise 6 Exercise 7 Exercise 8 Për shëndetin e dhëmbëve (CD2; 33) Vocabulary 14 I ntervistë për punë – A job interview Dialogue 1 – Intervistë për punë (CD2; 34) Vocabulary Language points Imperfect indicative Imperfect subjunctive Exercise 1 Exercise 2 Exercise 3 Exercise 4 Dialogue 2 – Në bankë (CD2; 36) Vocabulary Language points Conditional tense Possessive adjectives, Part III: Accusative forms Exercise 5 Exercise 6 Exercise 7 Exercise 8 Exercise 9 Rritja ekonomike në Shqipëri (CD2; 38) Vocabulary 15 I smail Kadare Biografi (CD2; 39) Vocabulary Language points Genitive constructions after a genitive or ablative noun Class 2 adjectives after a genitive or ablative noun Exercise 1 Exercise 2 Exercise 3 Dialogue 1 – Një artikull për Kadarenë (CD2; 40) Vocabulary Language points Admirative mood: Present and imperfect tense Admirative mood: Present perfect and pluperfect Admirative mood: Class 6 verbs Optative mood Optative mood: Present tense Optative mood: Irregular forms in the present optative Negative optative Present optative for Class 6 verbs Optative mood: Present perfect tense Exercise 4 Exercise 5 Exercise 6 Exercise 7 Exercise 8 Exercise 9 (CD2; 43) Vocabulary Exercise 10 (CD2; 44) Exercise 11 (CD2; 45) Vocabulary Appendices Appendix 1 Auxiliary verbs Appendix 2 Main verb classes Class 1 – shkoj ‘to go’ Class 2 – hap ‘to open’ Class 3 – pi ‘to drink’ Class 4 – eci ‘to go, walk’ Class 6 – takohem ‘to meet’ Key to selected exercises Unit 1 Exercise 1 Exercise 2 Exercise 3 Exercise 4 Exercise 5 Exercise 6 Exercise 7 Exercise 8 Unit 2 Exercise 1 Exercise 2 Exercise 3 Exercise 4 Exercise 6 Exercise 7 Exercise 8 Exercise 9 Exercise 11 Exercise 12 Unit 3 Exercise 1 Exercise 2 Exercise 3 Exercise 4 Exercise 5 Exercise 6 Exercise 7 Exercise 8 Unit 4 Exercise 3 Exercise 4 Exercise 5 Exercise 6 Exercise 7 Unit 5 Exercise 1 Exercise 3 Exercise 4 Exercise 5 Unit 6 Exercise 1 Exercise 2 Exercise 3 Exercise 4 Exercise 5 Exercise 6 Exercise 7 Unit 7 Exercise 1 Exercise 2 Exercise 3 Exercise 4 Exercise 5 Unit 8 Exercise 1 Exercise 2 Exercise 3 Exercise 4 Exercise 5 Exercise 6 Unit 9 Exercise 1 Exercise 2 Exercise 3 Exercise 5 Exercise 6 Unit 10 Exercise 1 Exercise 2 Exercise 3 Exercise 4 Exercise 5 Exercise 6 Exercise 7 Exercise 8 Exercise 9 Unit 11 Exercise 1 Exercise 3 Exercise 4 Exercise 5 Exercise 6 Exercise 7 Unit 12 Exercise 1 Exercise 2 Exercise 5 Exercise 6 Exercise 7 Unit 13 Exercise 1 Exercise 4 Exercise 5 Exercise 6 Exercise 7 Unit 14 Exercise 1 Exercise 2 Exercise 3 Exercise 5 Exercise 6 Exercise 7 Exercise 8 Unit 15 Exercise 1 Exercise 2 Exercise 3 Exercise 4 Exercise 5 Exercise 6 Exercise 7 Exercise 8 Albanian–English glossary A B C Ç D DH E Ë F G Gj H I J K L LL M N NJ O P Q R RR S SH T U V XH Y Z ZH Grammatical index Articles Adjectives Case Clitic pronouns Negation Nouns Numbers Past participle Prepositions Pronouns Questions Tenses/Moods Verbs