Luli Thoma | Albanian with Luli·Oct 23Gëzuar 28 Nëntorin! Albania’s Independence Day and Flag DayThe message arrives early on 28 November: Gëzuar 28 Nëntorin! 🇦🇱
Luli Thoma | Albanian with Luli·Oct 17Why Albanian sh, rr and xh count as single lettersYou open a paper Albanian dictionary to look up shtëpi (house). You work through the whole S section and find nothing. Then the S pages end…
Luli Thoma | Albanian with Luli·Oct 7Xhubleta: reading a dress from the Albanian AlpsA few years ago, in the courtyard of the church in Bajzë, in Malësi e Madhe, a group of young people set out the area’s traditional…
Luli Thoma | Albanian with Luli·Oct 7“E gëzofsh!” What Albanians say when you have something newA friend sits down at the café in a new coat. In English you might say “Nice coat!” An Albanian speaker might instead say E gëzofsh!, “May…
Luli Thoma | Albanian with Luli·Oct 5Dita e Verës: why Albanians welcome spring with “Summer Day”On the evening of 13 March, bonfires are lit in many Albanian neighbourhoods. On plenty of wrists you will see a thin twist of red and…
