Albanian words are easy and useful? Yes and no!

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.

My friends, ex colleagues of my husband and their wives and friend, from Europe and New Zealand, who met up with me in Albania did a tour through the region, covering Croatia, Albania, and other countries.

Useful Websites

https://www.google.com/search?q=translate+albanian+to+english

https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Albanian_phrasebook

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