learning Albanian language - conjugation of verbs in present tense

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Verbs that end in the 1st person singular with –oj, -aj, -ej, -ëj, -ij, -uj, -yj:

Most verbs in the Albanian language belong to this group. Here are two examples for the formation of these verbs:

Verbs that end with a consonant and don’t change the root:

unë hap – I open

ti hap – you open

ai/ajo hap – he/she opens

ne hap-im – we open

ju hap-ni – you open

ata/ato hap-in – they open

Some examples for this group: mbyll (to close), vendos (to put down), ajros (to air), qep (to sew), puth (to kiss), plas (to burst), gris (to tear up), humb (to loose), mbush (to fill), qesh (to laugh), dhemb (to hurt), ...

Reflective verbs (verbs that end in the 1st person singular with –em or -hem)

These verbs are formed as follows:

unë vish-em – I get dressed

ti vish-esh – you get dressed

ai/ajo vish-et – he/she gets dressed

ne vish-emi – we get dressed

ju vish-eni – you get dressed

ata/ato vish-en – they get dressed

Some examples for this group: nisem (to leave), afrohem (to approach), dridhem (to tremble), arratisem (to flee), martohem (to marry), merrem (to be busy with, to spend time with), vritem (to commit suicide), fshihem (to hide), takohem (to meet up with someone), zgjohem (to wake up), bëhem (to become), kthehem (to return), jepem (to devote), sillem (to behave), quhem (to be called)

Verbs which are irregular or difficult to form:

When I started learning this language, I often had problems to find the correct forms of some verbs. Therefore I decided to make an overview of the formation of the most common verbs. I hope this will help you as well!

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english infinitive	translation and conjugation of verbs
to be	jam - je - është - jemi - jeni - janë
to have	kam - ke - ka - kemi - keni - kanë
to become	bëhem - bëhesh - bëhet - bëhemi - bëheni - bëhen
to buy	blej - blen - blen - blejmë - blini - blejnë
to make	bëj - bën - bën - bëjmë - bëni - bëjnë
to fall / to play (musical instrument)	bie - bie - bie - biem - bini - bien
to go out / to leave	dal - del - del - dalim - dilni - dalin
to know	di - di - di - dimë - dini - dinë
to beat	rrah – rreh – rreh – rrahim – rrihni – rrahin
to go away	vete – vete – vete – vemi – veni – venë
to hide	fsheh – fsheh – fsheh – fshehim – fshihni – fshehin
to pursue	ndjek – ndjek – ndjek – ndjekim – ndiqni – ndjekin
to bake / to roast	pjek – pjek – pjek – pjekim – piqni – pjekin
to burn	djeg – djeg – djeg – djegim– digjni – djegin
to measure	mas – mat – mat – masim – matni – masin
to dissolve	tres – tret – tret – tresim – tretni – tresin
to swallow	gëlltis – gëlltit – gëlltit – gëlltisim – gëlltitni – gëlltisin
to put in	fus – fut – fut – fusim – futni – fusin
to sell	shes – shet – shet – shesim – shitni – shesin
to introduce	paraqes – paraqet – paraqet – paraqesim – paraqitni – paraqesin
to knock	trokas – troket – troket – trokasim – trokisni – trokasin
to kill	vras – vret – vret – vrasim – vrisni – vrasin
to die	vdes – vdes – vdes – vdesim – vdisni – vdesin
to light	ndez – ndez – ndez – ndezim – ndizni – ndezin
to throw	hedh – hedh – hedh – hedhim – hidhni – hedhim
to take out	nxjerr – nxjerr – nxjerr – nxjerrim – nxirrni – nxjerrin
to pull / to take off	heq – heq – heq – heqim – hiqni – heqin
to like / to love	dua - do - do - duam - doni - duan
to go	eci - ecën - ecën - ecim - ecni - ecin
to speak	flas - flet - flet - flasim - flisni - flasin
to sleep	fle - fle - fle - flemë - flini - flenë
to wipe	fshij - fshin - fshin - fshijmë - fshini - fshijnë
to eat	ha - ha - ha - hamë - hani - hanë
to ride	hipi - hipën - hipën - hipim - hipni - hipin
to go in	hyj - hyn - hyn - hyjmë - hyni - hyjnë
to go	iki - ikën - ikën - ikim - ikni - ikin
to give	jap - jep - jep - japim - jepni - japin
to wash	laj - lan - lan - lajmë - lani - lajnë
to let	lë - lë - lë - lëmë - lini - lënë
to take / to get	marr - merr - merr - marrim - merrni - marrin
to collect	mbledh - mbledh - mbledh - mbledhim - mblidhni - mbledhin
to know	njoh - njeh - njeh - njohim - njihni - njohin
to belong	përkas - përket - përket - përkasim - përkisni - përkasin
to drink	pi - pi - pi - pimë - pini - pinë
to order	porosis - porosit - porosit - porosim - porosni - porosin
to wait / to cut	pres - pret - pret - presim - prisni - presin
to ask	pyes - pyet - pyet - pyesim - pyesni - pyesin
to stay	rri - rri - rri - rrijmë - rrini - rrijnë
to bring	sjell - sjell - sjell - sjellim - sillni - sjellin
to see	shoh - sheh - sheh - shohim - shihni - shohin
to say	them - thua - thotë - themi - thoni - thonë
to put	vë - vë - vë - vëmë - vini - vënë
to dress	vesh - vesh - vesh - veshim - vishni - veshin
to come	vij - vjen - vjen - vijmë - vini - vijnë
to get off	zbres - zbret - zbret - zbresim - zbrisni - zbresin

As there are many different dialects in Albania and Kosovo, some people will form the verbs differently.

learning Albanian language - the subjunctive
If you would like to know how structures like "I want to do sth." or "I must do sth." are formed, please follow this link.