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Introduction
The goal of this work is to serve as a tool for students of standard Albanian, based on the Tosk dialect, providing a ready-reference source to the complete conjugation in all tenses and moods of many of the most common verbs in their standard forms. This work was prompted by frustration caused
by trying to construct the complete conjugations of Albanian verbs
according to the available Albanian grammars and dictionaries [see
Bibliography]. Many grammars present elaborate classification schemes for Albanian verbs according to conjugation type, which is very helpful for understanding
the dynamics of the changes in verb stems and endings. However, Mann
and Çamaj both base these patterns primarily on Geg forms, while making
references to the Tosk (the current standard). This, of course, becomes
confusing for anyone attempting to use these grammars to learn what is
now considered the standard. Furthermore, in these two grammars, as well as in Newmark (which does use standard forms) verb
patterns and their associated tenses and moods are spread over many
pages, with notes on exceptional forms not always conspicuous. Çamaj's
extensive notes on Old Albanian and Arberësht forms make it difficult to
locate standard forms at a glance. Eintrei is somewhat better in
respect to ease of usage, however it exists only in Russian. With no
exaggeration, it occasionally requires thumbing through all four
grammars and several dictionaries to arrive at the complete conjugation
of some verbs, and even at that point there are often lingering doubts
spawned by certain conflicting information, due to heretofore unsettled
issues in standardization, even in sources going by the standard. It is
my hope that this manual will be a useful tool in mastering the Albanian
verb.
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