Wednesday, November 24, 2021

Russian days of the week.




Понедельник
ponedel'nik
Monday

Вторник
vtornik
Tuesday.

Среда 
sreda
Wednesday.

Четверг 
chetverg 
Thursday.

Пятница 
pyatnitsa 
Friday.

Суббота 
subbota 
Saturday.

Воскресенье 
voskresen'e 
Sunday





День
Den'
Day

Неделя
Nid'elia
Week

Дни недели
Dni nedeli
Days of the week

Выходные
Vyxadnye
Weekend , days off

Будни
Budni
Working days




Tuesday, November 23, 2021

Greetings in Persian Farsi.


سلام 
salam
Hello

Do’rud
hello
Many Persians tend to use this greeting which is native Persian unlike salam which is Arabic.


 
چطور هستید
Chetori hastid?
How are you?


سلام! حالت چطوره؟
Salam! Halet chetore?


 حال شما چطور است؟
hāl-e shomā chetor ast?
How is your health?

Chetori/khubi?
How are you?
casual greeting 

Khub hastid?
How are you? 
formal-ish greeting 

Haletun chetore?
How are you? 

Ruz bekheyr
hello 
A rather formal greeting from 11:00 AM through 15:00 PM. 

Ruz=day 

Asr bekheyr
hello 
A rather formal greeting from about 16:00 PM through 19:00 PM. 

Asr
later in afternoon

Tuesday, November 16, 2021

The verb to be in Albanian.







Present

Unë jam
I am

Ti je
You are

Ai është
He is

Ajo është
She is

Ne jemi
We are

Ju jeni
You are

Ata janë
They are. (Male)

Ato janë 
They are (female)

examples


Unë jam Shqiptar.
I'm Albanian.


Si je?
How are you?



Past

unë qeshë
ti qe 
ai qe
ne qemë 
ju qeni
ata qenë


Past Imperfect 
unë isha
ti ishe
ai ishte
ne ishim
ju ishit
ata ishin


examples


A.
Këtu janë një burrë, një grua dhe dy fëmijë.
Burri është shqiptar.
Gruaja nuk është shqiptare.
Fëmijët janë shqiptarë.


Here are a man, a woman and two children. 
The man is Albanian.
The woman is not Albanian.
The children are Albanian.

Sunday, November 14, 2021

Donkey, dog, cat and rooster (Albanian tale, part 1)


Gomari, qeni, macja dhe gjeli.


Na ishte një herë një fshatar që kishte një gomar plak, ishte aq shumë plak sa nuk bënte dot asnjë punë.


Prandaj i zoti i gomarit mendoi ta therte dhe me lëkurën e tij të bënte një daulle.


Donkey, dog, cat and rooster.

Once upon a time there was a villager who had an old donkey, he was so old that he could not do any work at all.

So the donkey owner thought of slaughtering him and making a drum with his skin.



Again

Na ishte një herë një fshatar ,Once upon a time there was a villager ,që kishte një gomar plak,who had an old donkey,ishte aq shumë plak,he was so old ,sa nuk bënte dot asnjë punë.that he could not do any work at all.

the other way around

Once upon a time there was a villager,Na ishte një herë një fshatar,who had an old donkey,që kishte një gomar plak,he was so old,ishte aq shumë plak,
that he could not do any work at all,sa nuk bënte dot asnjë punë

Vocabulary

dhe-and
një- a , one
një herë - one time
Na ishte një herë -  once upon a time there was...
fshatar - villager
që - that
Kishte. Had
Ishte. Was
i zoti - the master,the owner
gomar,gomari - donkey, the donkey
i gomarit ,of the donkey, the donkey's
-i   the for male
shumë - very , a lot
plak - old
punë - work
asnjë - no as in 'no work'
sa - that
bënte - could do 
Nuk bënte - couldn't do 
Dot. Double negation
nuk bënte dot - couldn't do
Prandaj - so, that is why
Mendoi - he thought 
ther - to slaughter
lëkurë {f} skin, pelt, hide
e tij - his , e is a female moprheme, e lëkurë, skin
daulle - drum


Monday, November 8, 2021

Time in Albanian.




Sa është ora, ju lutem? 
What time is it, please?


Ёshtё ora njё.
It's one o'clock.



Ёshtё ora gjashtё.
It's five o'clock.

Çfarë kohe shkon në punë çdo ditë?
What time do you go to work everyday?


tani
now

me vonë
later

sot
today 

nesër 
tomorrow 

dje
yesterday

ditë
day

natë
night

You will need to learn the numbers in Albanian to tell the time.