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. |
I hope you enjoyed this lesson about the nouns in Albanian. If you have any question about this lesson please contact me here. Now check the next lesson below.
| Albanian Plural |
Inspirational Quote: A coward gets scared and quits. A hero gets scared, but still goes on. |