Albanian, Tosk

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Introduction

Albanian is a language primarily in Albania and Serbia (province of Kosovo-Metohija). Albanian in a revised form of the Tosk dialect is the official language of the Republic of Albania.

The verb

Albanian has developed an analytical verbal structure in place of the earlier synthetic system, inherited from Proto-Indo-European. Its complex system of moods (6 types) and tenses (3 simple and 5 complex constructions) is distinctive among Balkan languages. There are two general types of conjugation.

Sample verb: jam

Present

unëjam
tije
aiështë
nejemi
jujeni
atajanë

Conjugate other verbs:

References