There's no problem. The plumbers, two brothers, are Albanian but speak English. It would be handy to know what they are saying. No hope of learning that in a hurry.
I've a good friend who is Albanian at one of my Toastmasters clubs in London. It would be nice to know a word or two. So, for the first time, I have a look at Albanian.
I simply went into Google translate and typed in all sorts of words which might be useful. If the words were long and hard to pronounce I ignored them. If they were short and easy I copied them out. I shall now type them up in alphabetical order.
Easy words
Romanian - English
b a n k ë - bank (Typing the e with double dots above is easy. Just press on the letter e and hold it down. Up pop a choice of letters e. Number four is the one with two dots above. Keep your finger on the pressed e and tap 4.)
f a r m a c i - pharmacy (in the UK called a chemist)
hi - hi
hotel - hotel
h o t e l e - hotels
kafe - café
plaza - plaza
r e s t o r a n t - restaurant
s a n d u i ç - sandwich
s t a c i o n - station
English - Romanian
bank - b a n k ë
café - k a f e
hi - hi
hotel - hotel
hotels - h o t e l e
plaza - plaza
pharmacy (in the UK called a chemist) - f a r m a c i
restaurant - r e s t o r a n t
sandwich - s a n d u i ç (hold down the letter c and tap the number one)
station - s t a c i o n
Now you know how to recognize ten easy and useful words in Albanian.
Angela Lansbury, travel writer and photographer, author and speaker, teacher of English and other languages. Please share my posts.
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