The words hotel and bar appear everywhere in Albania.
When standing in a line to get a table at a restaurant, or being approached by the staff, you might want to hold up your fingers and indicate your group, for example, for one, two, three, four or five people.
Yes and No in Albanian
In an Albanian hotel, at reception, I listened to a conversation an Albanian hotel manager was having on the phone. People in hospitality are positive. He kept sayign Po which means yes.
At first I had trouble remembering Po is yes and Jo is no. Then I recalled that Positive and Po start with the same letters, so Po is possible, probable or positive.
Numbers
Looking at numbers, if you are solo, or a couple, or parents with one child, or two couples, you could lean just the word for one, or two, or three, or four.
From Wikipedia
| jë—one | tetëmbëdhjetë—eighteen |
| dy—two | nëntëmbëdhjetë—nineteen |
| tri/tre—three | njëzet—twenty |
| katër—four | njëzet e një—twenty-one |
| pesë—five | njëzet e dy—twenty-two |
| gjashtë—six | tridhjetë—thirty |
| shtatë—seven | dyzet/katërdhjetë—forty |
| tetë—eight | pesëdhjetë—fifty |
| nëntë—nine | gjashtëdhjetë—sixty |
| dhjetë—ten |
Use these sources for Albanian and other languages as you travel.
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