Discovering Albanian I Workbook

Mësimi 2: Nga jeni? Ç’gjuhë flisni? (Where are you from? What language do you speak?)

8 MËSIMI 2 Nga jeni? Ç’gjuhë flisni? Where are you from? What language do you speak? USHTRIMI 2.1 Write an appropriate question for the following answers based on Dialogu 2.1. Remember that subjects are usually omitted in Albanian when they are mentioned in the question. 1. ____________________________________________________________? Zonja Paola është nga Italia. 2. ____________________________________________________________? Po, është nga Franca. 3. ____________________________________________________________? Jo, ai nuk flet italisht. 4. ____________________________________________________________? Po, flet frëngjisht. 5. ____________________________________________________________? Flet frëngjisht. 6. ____________________________________________________________? Jo, nuk është franceze. (Jo, s’është franceze.) 7. ____________________________________________________________? Po, është francez. 8. ____________________________________________________________? Drini është shqiptar. 9. ____________________________________________________________? Po, është shqiptar. 10. ____________________________________________________________? Po, flet anglisht. 9 Mësimi 2: Nga jeni? Ç’gjuhë flisni? USHTRIMI 2.2 Now answer the following questions about yourself. 1. Nga jeni ju? _____________________________________________________________. 2. A jeni ju nga Franca? _____________________________________________________________. 3. Flisni ju anglisht? _____________________________________________________________. 4. Çfarë gjuhe flisni ju? _____________________________________________________________. 5. Jeni ju nga Anglia? _____________________________________________________________. 6. Jeni ju nga Shtetet e Bashkuara? _____________________________________________________________. USHTRIMI 2.3 Make sentences as in the example. Pay close attention to the way you form the definite form of the country and to the agreement with the adjective of nationality. Amerikë Ai është nga Amerika; është amerikan. Ajo është nga Amerika; është amerikane. 1. Finlandë _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ 2. Rumani _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ 3. Portugali _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ 10 Discovering Albanian 1 Workbook 4. Spanjë ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ 5. Greqi ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ 6. Turqi ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ 7. Kanada ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ 8. Brazil ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ 9. Egjipt ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ 10. Izrael ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ USHTRIMI 2.4 Make sentences using the information given, as in the example. Tom (male), Amerikë Tomi është nga Amerika; (ai) është amerikan. Maria (female), Spanjë Maria është nga Spanja; (ajo) është spanjolle. 1. Manuel (male), Portugali _____________________________________________________________ 2. Ava (female), Kanada _____________________________________________________________ 3. Mohamed (male), Egjipt _____________________________________________________________ 11 Mësimi 2: Nga jeni? Ç’gjuhë flisni? 4. Sigal (female), Izrael _____________________________________________________________ 5. Emilia (female), Finlandë _____________________________________________________________ USHTRIMI 2.5 Refer to the list of countries, nationalities, and languages in your textbook and then complete the following sentences. 1. Martini është nga _______________ (Austri). Ai është _____________ dhe flet ______________. 2. Marta është nga _______________ (Meksikë). Ajo është _____________ dhe flet ______________. 3. Vladimiri është nga _________________ (Rusi). Ai është ____________ dhe flet ______________. 4. Tomi është nga _____________________ (Shtetet e Bashkuara). Ai është ____________ dhe flet ______________. 5. Dhurata është nga __________________ (Kosovë). Ajo është _______________ dhe flet ___________________. USHTRIMI 2.6 Refer to the list of countries, nationalities, and languages in your textbook and write five original sentences as in the examples in the exercise above. Try to use countries not used in the previous exercises. 1. _____________________________________________________________ 2. _____________________________________________________________ 3. _____________________________________________________________ 4. _____________________________________________________________ 5. _____________________________________________________________ 12 Discovering Albanian 1 Workbook USHTRIMI 2.7 Write out the following numbers. 29 ___________________________________ 38 ___________________________________ 47 ___________________________________ 56 ___________________________________ 65 ___________________________________ 74 ___________________________________ 83 ___________________________________ 92 ___________________________________ 12 ___________________________________ 20 ___________________________________ 40 ___________________________________ 15 ___________________________________ 50 ___________________________________ USHTRIMI 2.8 Write down the following times. Where there is more than one option, write out all the options. 4:45 Ora është katër e dyzet e pesë. Ora është pesë pa pesëmbëdhjetë. Ora është pesë pa një çerek. 1. 3:20 _______________________________________________ 2. 4:40 _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ 3. 7:30 _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ 4. 8:50 _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ 5. 10:45 _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ 13 Mësimi 2: Nga jeni? Ç’gjuhë flisni? 6. 11:10 _______________________________________________ 7. 9:25 _______________________________________________ 8. 2:35 _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ 9. 5:15 _______________________________________________ 10. 6:05 _______________________________________________ 11. 1:55 _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ 12. 10:00 _______________________________________________ USHTRIMI 2.9 Answer the following questions based on Dialogu 2.2. 1. Nga është Paola? ____________________________________________________________ 2. Janë Pjeri dhe Ava nga Spanja? ____________________________________________________________ 3. Nga janë ata? ____________________________________________________________ 4. A flasin ata italisht? ____________________________________________________________ 5. Kush flet pak spanjisht? ____________________________________________________________ 6. A flet Paola frëngjisht? ____________________________________________________________ 7. Pse flasin frëngjisht Pjeri dhe Ava? ____________________________________________________________ 8. Pse flet Besa shqip? ____________________________________________________________ 9. A flet Besa italisht? ____________________________________________________________ 10. Sa është ora tani? ____________________________________________________________ 14 Discovering Albanian 1 Workbook USHTRIMI 2.10 Write the appropriate question for each of the following answers. 1. ____________________________________________________________? Po, jam nga Shqipëria. 2. ____________________________________________________________? Jo, nuk flas frëngjisht, por flas pak shqip. 3. ____________________________________________________________? Është nga Italia...