Albanian Nouns

Welcome to the third Albanian lesson about nouns. This time we will first learn about fruits and vegetables, followed by grammar rules, then food items, finally a conversation in Albanian to help you practice your daily phrases.

potatoes patate

tomatoes domate

onions qepë

carrots karotë

fruits pemë

apples mollë

bananas banane

oranges portokalle

Nouns Grammar Rules

In general nouns refer to a person, an object, or abstract ideas. For example: a fast runner the noun is [runner] because it refers to a person. The examples below use nouns in different ways and places to demonstrate how they behave in a sentence.

Grammar + Rules - Albanian
do you have milk? [verb + noun] keni qumësht?
I have milk and coffee [preposition + noun] unë kam qumësht dhe kafe
he has three apples [number + plural noun] ai ka tre mollë
she only has one apple [number + singular noun] ajo ka vetëm një mollë
we live in a small house [adjective + noun] ne jetojmë në një shtëpi të vogël
I like our breakfast [pronoun + noun] më pëlqen mëngjesi jonë

The following are nouns of food items that you might be interested in learning and memorizing.

bread bukë

milk qumësht

butter gjalpë

cheese djathë

coffee kafe

sandwich sanduiç

meat mish

chicken pulë

fish peshk

breakfast mëngjes

lunch drekë

dinner darkë

Conversation in Albanian

Now we finally reach the fun part, the practice of the daily conversations. These phrases are used to get to know new people, and break the ice.

English - Albanian
Do you speak (English/ Albanian)? a e flisni (anglishten/ shqipen?)
Just a little veq pak
I like Albanian më pëlqen shqipja/ gjuha shqipe
Can I practice with you? a mund të ushtroj me ty?
How old are you? sa vjeç je/jeni?
I'm thirty three years old unë jam tridhjetë e tre vjeç
It was nice talking to you gëzohem që bisedova me ju.

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