Hello! First of all, thanks a lot for your lessons! I learnt the basic grammar by myself using some textbooks but had difficulties with building complicated sentences, so your lessons are extremely helpful for me;) I have a question about "nesё" and "sё". In the previous videos, I've noticed that you use "sё" before interrogative words such as "ku", "kur" in the subordinate clauses. Should we use "nesё" when we don't have interrogative words and "sё", when we have them? Or "sё" is a short form of "nesё"?
Hi Annika! I am happy to see that my lessons have helped you. I need to make a few clarifications as there appears to be a misunderstanding. së - is an article of the genitive case used when following a typically feminine noun ending in 's': Ai ia dha librin mësueses së Klarës (He gave the book to Clara's (female) teacher). nëse (not 'nesë') is 'if' or 'whether'. se kur - as to when, when se ku - as to where, where se si - as to how, how Nuk e di se si është - I don't know how it is. I don't know anything as to how it is. Nuk di se ku është, por do ta gjej. I don't know where he is, but I will find him. I have no knowledge as to where he is, but I will find him. nesë - does not exist. së - is not a short form of nëse. Nëse is already short. See these examples Nuk di se çfarë të bëj (or nuk di çfarë të bëj): I don't know what to do. Nuk di nëse do ta bëj - I don't know whether I will do it or not. The meaning is different. I hope this clarifies it a little bit. The thing with books is that they are heavily loaded with terms to the point where you have to become a linguist before you even attempt to build a sentence of your own to express a simple thought. I am happy I haven't had to use those books to learn Albanian as it is already my native tongue. But I am a polyglot and I know how it is like to be frustrated. The existing methods are like Ikea sets without building instructions: you see the parts, you study them, you know everything about their composition and characteristics but you don't know how they fit in the puzzle. You have to become a chemist, physicist, mathematician, etc. to be able to finally understand how pieces fit together and when you do, well... it might be already too late. Life happens. And you miss the chance to talk to that person who meant a lot to you or maybe you are no longer free to read Albanian books. All this to say that you are doing pretty well. Let me know if you have other questions.
@@smartalbanianwithjonis4189 Good morning! Thanks a lot for your clarification, I've understood your point. I am a linguist and polyglot myself, but Albanian is unique and not alike any other language I've learnt, so it's complicated for me sometimes, but that's why I adore learning it:) Thanks a lot one more time for your help and have a nice day!
@@annikamroja1770 Since you are a linguist, then I presume you are having the time of your life learning all those grammatical terms. So enjoy! Let me know if you have other questions. I don't have the answer to everything, but I guess it's worth trying to give an answer.
Hello!
First of all, thanks a lot for your lessons! I learnt the basic grammar by myself using some textbooks but had difficulties with building complicated sentences, so your lessons are extremely helpful for me;)
I have a question about "nesё" and "sё". In the previous videos, I've noticed that you use "sё" before interrogative words such as "ku", "kur" in the subordinate clauses. Should we use "nesё" when we don't have interrogative words and "sё", when we have them? Or "sё" is a short form of "nesё"?
Hi Annika!
I am happy to see that my lessons have helped you.
I need to make a few clarifications as there appears to be a misunderstanding.
së - is an article of the genitive case used when following a typically feminine noun ending in 's': Ai ia dha librin mësueses së Klarës (He gave the book to Clara's (female) teacher).
nëse (not 'nesë') is 'if' or 'whether'.
se kur - as to when, when
se ku - as to where, where
se si - as to how, how
Nuk e di se si është - I don't know how it is. I don't know anything as to how it is.
Nuk di se ku është, por do ta gjej. I don't know where he is, but I will find him. I have no knowledge as to where he is, but I will find him.
nesë - does not exist.
së - is not a short form of nëse. Nëse is already short.
See these examples
Nuk di se çfarë të bëj (or nuk di çfarë të bëj): I don't know what to do.
Nuk di nëse do ta bëj - I don't know whether I will do it or not.
The meaning is different.
I hope this clarifies it a little bit. The thing with books is that they are heavily loaded with terms to the point where you have to become a linguist before you even attempt to build a sentence of your own to express a simple thought. I am happy I haven't had to use those books to learn Albanian as it is already my native tongue. But I am a polyglot and I know how it is like to be frustrated. The existing methods are like Ikea sets without building instructions: you see the parts, you study them, you know everything about their composition and characteristics but you don't know how they fit in the puzzle. You have to become a chemist, physicist, mathematician, etc. to be able to finally understand how pieces fit together and when you do, well... it might be already too late. Life happens. And you miss the chance to talk to that person who meant a lot to you or maybe you are no longer free to read Albanian books.
All this to say that you are doing pretty well. Let me know if you have other questions.
@@smartalbanianwithjonis4189 Good morning! Thanks a lot for your clarification, I've understood your point. I am a linguist and polyglot myself, but Albanian is unique and not alike any other language I've learnt, so it's complicated for me sometimes, but that's why I adore learning it:) Thanks a lot one more time for your help and have a nice day!
@@annikamroja1770 Since you are a linguist, then I presume you are having the time of your life learning all those grammatical terms. So enjoy!
Let me know if you have other questions. I don't have the answer to everything, but I guess it's worth trying to give an answer.
@@annikamroja1770 hello, what other languages do you know? Can you make a difficulty scale among them?