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Lesson 4 of 10

Counting to ten in Albanian

One to ten, for prices, platforms, rooms and how many beers. Play the ten Albanian words against the clock, with a note on how locals really use each one after every answer. All ten are written out below.

An Albanian folk group wearing traditional fustanella costumes
Counting to ten
10 words · 20 seconds each · 8 of 10 to pass
What it meansHow to say it
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All 10 Albanian phrases in this lesson

Njënye
One
Dydee
Two

The y is a rounded ü sound: say "ee" with your lips pushed forward.

Tretreh
Three
KatërKA-ter
Four
PesëPE-se
Five
GjashtëJASH-te
Six
ShtatëSHTA-te
Seven
TetëTE-te
Eight
NëntëNEN-te
Nine
DhjetëDHYE-te
Ten

The dh is the soft th in "this". Prices are in lek, and older people sometimes quote them in old lek, ten times higher.

Where Albanian is spoken

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