3rd Edition
Colloquial Albanian The Complete Course for Beginners
Introduction to the Albanian language
Introduction to the Albanian sound system
1 Si jeni?
How are you?
2 Unë jam anglez, po ju?
I am English, and you?
3 Në kafe
At the coffee shop
4 Suvenire nga Shqipëria
Souvenirs from Albania
5 Apartamenti im
My apartment
6 Në dyqan
At the store
7 Në restorant
At the restaurant
8 Pushimet
Vacation
9 Në rrugë
On the street
10 Interneti
Internet
11 Në kryeqytet
In the capital city
12 Si e kalove fundjavën?
How did you spend your weekend?
13 Te mjeku
At the doctor’s office
14 Intervistë për punë
Interview for a job
15 Letërsi
Literature
Appendices
Key to selected exercises
Albanian-English glossary
Grammatical index
Biography
Linda Mëniku is a native speaker of Albanian from Tirana, Albania. She is a professor in the Department of Linguistics at the University of Tirana, where she specialises in discourse analysis, text linguistics, Albanian as a foreign language, and media discourse. She also teaches Albanian at Arizona State University, Critical Language Institute.
Héctor Campos is an Associate Professor Emeritus at Georgetown University in Washington, DC, USA. His main area of research is Romance and Balkan Linguistics. He has published articles on the structure of different Romance languages and has done work comparing the syntax of Albanian, Greek and Aromanian in contact with other languages. As coauthor with Linda Mëniku, he has also published Discovering Albanian and Advancing in Albanian.
