RECORDED BOOKS™ PRESENTS PIMSLEUR’ LANGUAGE PROGRAMS ALBANIAN SUPPLEMENTAL READING BOOKLET KING COUNTY LIBRARY SYSTEMa TABLE OF CONTENTS Reading Lessons Introduction... : 3 Unit 1 4 Unit 2 5 Unit 3. 6 Unit 4 1 Unit 5. 8 Unit 6 9 Unit 7 ul Unit 9... : ale) Unit 10. . oo Is ‘Acknowledgments. dea nentean Albanian _ Introduction Introduction Reading can be defined as “the act of decodi ‘graphic material in order to determine its message. To put it another way, reading consists of coming back to speech through its graphic symbols. In short, meaning reside in the sounds of the spoken language. Speaking a language is the necessary first step to acquiring the ability to read a language with meaning After mastering all ten units of this course, you will have at your command a highly practical vocabulary and the basic sentence structures. The reading exercises will introduce you to the Albanian sounds and the corresponding letters. You will also Tearn to read some basic questions and statements, 1s well as common words and phrases. ‘The recorded portion of the reading materials for this program will be found at the end of most units. You can do the readings as it is most convenient for you. ‘They can be done individually with each ‘elected unit, at a more appropriate time after the unit, or done entirely after completing the full ten units. Instructions on how to proceed with the readings are in the audio portion of the course.) ‘Albanian Unit 1 km 2 amp 3 po 4 jo 5. jam 6 jw 1 8 tur 9. eur 10 gua ‘Albanian Unit 1. qubesh 19. oj 2 sha) 20. bj 3 aaj 21, pula 4 peme 22 pull Sew 23. pula pulls 6. bar 28. dhe 7. eak 25. ahem 8 eak 26. gjemb 9. cigare 27. ahem 10 cigare 28. dhoms 11. toke 29. Ti abesh. 12 kok 30. Une quhem. 13. tani Sit, mal kn 14 shams 32, Me dhemb ahembi 15. shamia 38, Me ep litxin 16. pike 34. ule ebukur 17 lle 35, Este toi 18 shots Albanian Tana 2 3 4 mur 5. per o 1 8 10. goxs 12 kak 13. quhem 14, Unt quhem Ans. 16 ge 17 ge 18 gjemon a ‘Albanian Unit # La 16 fshek 2 oo 1. Tiler pak 3. mk 18. Une kup) me 4 ik irs 5. pike 19. A upton ship? 6. them 20, su fis shame 7. tha shoei 8 el 21. qua) 9. shee 22. Uné Mas. 10. shog 23. Wye} ML dy 24 alist 12, dysh 25, eles 1. dyshek 26. githe 14 hye} 27. meaiithae 15. kre) 28. githasty 29. Un jam shqiptarsb ure Uns nuk da villa Supine Falemindest shame a1 2 2s. 2%. FERRE zone ob yg ts ep rs boats bubalia zonjushe Salter. xham hep 0 ‘Albanian Ua © (conte) 11 8 1, 20. a 2 2. 2s. 26. x. ‘Sot sh ape Ky dja ese student, Unk do pi sa bite frsket 3 ater, sill aj ie, Dhe ne bi. Sutter, sill bitekun, Dhe bien, Une kd supe ‘As quis, 1 falemindert “Albanian Unie Argan mie Une jam i ode [Ajo te punttore. fale kage shoge e dashur Si dhubet shai? 5a tte, sili alin Ben hurme. Bie si Sot esis eh, aj imuete Uns jam e lout jo vajat ese student Do han digka? Mira nak pia bie “Thon ship | Uae Ae di mugen, Nak edi nuns Mos fis Pergign shai, ‘Ajo mori gjitha Sot eee ne er ‘Une du ne pat ae je pice ‘Aka shume pune 201 Morin? ed yl pel [Ne piran de je tie2 ‘Albanian Unit 7 (continued) 17. Ti mud 8 telefonosh 1B Unt dow shko} 19. Siurdhiron 20. Mundt telefono tani? 21. Uné mund ju nding 22. Numi ese sae, er, gish 23. Une ja imo) me kenge. 24 Uns ja ne Tian. Tait (Noveading) | ‘Albanian Unit 9 (contimed) 19. Ke, ae? 20, Provoni dhe nj het ju ftem 21, J er, un da pap 22. Gite jn nae eke 23, Und dot pagua te git, 24, Faleminderit miupafsim. Taney 1. shame 2 parse 3. Sa dita jana? une 5. game 6 1 8 yn ‘Ajo po ha mengjzin, dye) 9. Java ka sate di, 10. xhep 1, Une be 12. vase 13. Unt shes kepuce. 14, Ti mun punosh 1S. Une duet lexoj, 16. Une nk kam kot 17. Tj four 18, Dube eta 1. dollap 16, Zari kustton pest 2 laps lek. 3. geles 1 jeri mie 4, kalendar 18. agri 5. gen 19. jemi e nmin 6. gien 20, Kj bre eset. 7 rush 21, Ky konjak dss & miu shuren 9. ote 10, cope ixellon uyezt shuepi 14 dome 15. them