Below is a short summary of the subject. If you don’t know how to readAlbanian yet, please see the ‘Pronunciation guide’.From one to ten…
1: nj�
2: dy
3: tre
4: kat�r
5: pes�
6: gjasht�
7: shtat�
8: tet�
9: n�nt�
10: dhjet�… and then the teens…
The numbers 11 – 19 are formed by adding ‘mb�’ + ‘dhjet�’ to numbers 1 – 10. ‘mb�’ means ‘over’. ‘Twenty’ is ‘nj�zet’.
11: nj�mb�dhjet� (one-over-ten)
12: dymb�dhjet� (two-over-ten)
13: tremb�dhjet� (three-over-ten)
14: kat�rmb�dhjet� (four-over-ten)
15: pes�mb�dhjet� (five-over-ten)
16: gjasht�mb�dhjet� (six-over-ten)
17: shtat�mb�dhjet� (seven-over-ten)
18: tet�mb�dhjet� (eight-over-ten)
19: n�nt�mb�dhjet� (nine-over-ten)
20: nj�zet
Put another way, ‘mb�dhjet�’ is practically equal to ‘teen’.
… moving on: up to a hundred
The multiples of ten are formed by number + ‘dhjet�’. The following list contains the multiples of ten.We already saw that 10 and 20 were respectively ‘dhjet� and ‘nj�zet’.
10: dhjet�
20: nj�zet
30: tridhjet�
40: dyzet (but ‘kat�rdhjet�’ is sometimes used as well)
50: pes�dhjet�
60: gjasht�dhjet�
70: shtat�dhjet�
80: tet�dhjet�
90: n�nt�dhjet�
100: nj�qind
Note that:
(1) The multiples of ten seem similar to the teens. However, the multiples of ten do not have ‘mb�’. So, 16 is ‘gjasht�mb�dhjet�’, but 60 is ‘gjasht�dhjet�’.
(2) 20 and 40 are exceptions from the general rule (number + ‘dhjet�’). Remember them. Remember also that some Albanian speakers use ‘kat�rdhjet�’ instead of ‘dyzet’.
(3) 30 has an ‘i’, not an ‘e’. It is like this: ‘tridhjet�’, not like this: ‘tredhjet�’.
The numbers between 20 and 30 are simple. Note that ‘e’ means ‘and’.
21: nj�zet e nj�
22: nj�zet e dy
23: nj�zet e tre
24: nj�zet e kat�r
25: nj�zet e pes�
26: nj�zet e gjasht�
27: nj�zet e shtat�
28: nj�zet e tet�
29: nj�zet e n�nt�
The numbers between 30 and 40 are similar: instead of ‘nj�zet’ you should use ‘tridhjet�’. And then similarly with the numbers between 40 and 50, and so on, up to 100.
The hundreds
The word for a ‘hundred’ is ‘qind’. So you can easily predict the following list:
100: nj�qind
200: dyqind
300: treqind
400: kat�rqind
500: pes�qind
600: gjasht�qind
700: shtat�qind
800: tet�qind
900: n�nt�qind
1000: nj� mij� (note the space)
A ‘thousand’ is nj� ‘mij�’.
Examples
In English a number such as 3731 is read as ‘thirty seven thirty one’. In Albanian,it would be read like this ‘three thousand and seven hundred and thirty one’. Lets see a few examples: 3731: tre mij� e shtat�qind e tridhjet� e nj�
9999: n�nt� mij� e n�nt�qind e n�nt�dhjet� e n�nt�
1111: nj� mij� e nj�qind e nj�mb�dhjet�
A ‘million’ is nj� ‘milion’. Several ‘millions’ are disa ‘milion�’. 37,313,731: tridhjet� e shtat� milion� e treqind e tremb�dhjet� mij� e shtat�qind e tridhjet� e nj�
9,999,999: n�nt� milion� e n�nt�qind e n�nt�dhjet� e n�nt� mij� e n�nt�qind e n�nt�dhjet� e n�nt�
1,111,111: nj� milion e nj�qind e nj�mb�dhjet� mij� e nj�qind e nj�mb�dhjet�
19 korrik 2003.
