The fastest words to learn are the ones you see most. This deck lists the 60 most common Albanian words, each with a clear English meaning and a real example sentence. Study them below, or download the deck for Anki or Quizlet.
The best Albanian flashcards to learn first are the words you meet most often. This free deck pairs the 60 most common Albanian words, like shtëpi, ujë, bukë, with a plain English meaning and a real example sentence for each. Download it as a CSV for Anki or Quizlet, or learn the words in context by reading.
CSV columns are word, translation, example (with a header row). Ready to import into Anki, Quizlet, or any spaced-repetition app.
60 most common Albanian words · Updated July 2026
| Albanian | Meaning | Example |
|---|---|---|
| shtëpi | house, home | Kjo është shtëpia ime. |
| ujë | water | Uji është shumë i ftohtë. |
| bukë | bread | Blej bukë të freskët çdo ditë. |
| ditë | day | Sot është një ditë e bukur. |
| njeri | person, human being | Ai është një njeri shumë i mirë. |
| grua | woman; wife | Ajo është një grua e mençur. |
| burrë | man; husband | Burri po punon në kopsht. |
| fëmijë | child | Fëmija po luan në park. |
| mik | friend | Ai është miku im i ngushtë. |
| familje | family | Unë e dua shumë familjen time. |
| punë | work, job | Sot kam shumë punë. |
| kohë | time; weather | Nuk kam kohë të lirë sot. |
| shkollë | school | Fëmijët shkojnë në shkollë çdo ditë. |
| libër | book | Po lexoj një libër shumë interesant. |
| ushqim | food | Ushqimi shqiptar është shumë i shijshëm. |
| jam | to be | Unë jam nga Shqipëria. |
| kam | to have | Kam dy vëllezër. |
| bëj | to do, make | Unë bëj shumë pyetje në klasë. |
| shkoj | to go | Unë shkoj në punë me këmbë. |
| vij | to come | Unë vij nga Durrësi. |
| flas | to speak, talk | Unë flas pak shqip. |
| dua | to want; to love | Unë të dua shumë. |
| ha | to eat | Çdo mëngjes ha bukë me gjalpë. |
| pi | to drink | Unë pi kafe çdo mëngjes. |
| shoh | to see | Unë shoh një zog në pemë. |
| dëgjoj | to hear, listen | Unë dëgjoj muzikë çdo ditë. |
| di | to know | Unë nuk e di përgjigjen. |
| punoj | to work | Unë punoj në një zyrë. |
| i mirë, e mirë | good | Ai është një djalë i mirë. |
| i keq, e keqe | bad | Sot moti është shumë i keq. |
| i madh, e madhe | big, large | Ata kanë një shtëpi të madhe. |
| i vogël, e vogël | small | Kam një qen të vogël. |
| i ri, e re | new; young | Ajo ka blerë një fustan të ri. |
| i bukur, e bukur | beautiful | Tirana është një qytet i bukur. |
| i lumtur, e lumtur | happy | Jam shumë i lumtur sot. |
| unë | I | Unë jam mësues. |
| ti | you (singular) | Ti je shumë i zgjuar. |
| ai | he | Ai punon në spital. |
| ajo | she | Ajo është motra ime. |
| ne | we | Ne jetojmë në Tiranë. |
| ju | you (plural, formal) | Ju flisni shumë mirë shqip. |
| ata | they (masculine) | Ata janë studentë. |
| ato | they (feminine) | Ato janë shoqe të mira. |
| kush | who | Kush është ai burrë? |
| çfarë | what | Çfarë po bën? |
| ku | where | Ku është stacioni i trenit? |
| kur | when | Kur do të vish? |
| si | how | Si quhesh? |
| në | in, at | Çelësat janë në tavolinë. |
| me | with | Dua të vij me ty. |
| për | for | Kjo dhuratë është për ty. |
| nga | from | Ai është nga Italia. |
| dhe | and | Unë dhe ti jemi miq. |
| ose | or | Mund të vish sot ose nesër. |
| por | but | Është vonë, por dua të dal. |
| sot | today | Sot është e diel. |
| tani | now | Tani po ha drekë. |
| nesër | tomorrow | Nesër kemi provim. |
| po | yes | A vjen nesër? Po, vij. |
| jo | no | A dëshiron kafe? Jo, faleminderit. |
Flashcards fix words in memory; reading teaches you to use them. Lingo7 lets you read real books in Albanian with sentence-aligned translation and native-narrated audio, and save any word to review later. Free to start.
The deck is built from high-frequency words, the ones that make up most of everyday Albanian. Learning them first gives you the biggest return per card, because you will meet them again and again the moment you start reading or listening.
Flashcards work best with spaced repetition: review a card, and if you knew it, wait longer before seeing it again. Anki and Quizlet both do this automatically. Download the CSV, import it, and review a few minutes a day. Keep the example sentence on the card so you learn how the word actually behaves, not just its dictionary gloss.
One honest limit: flashcards build recognition, but you learn to use a word by meeting it in real context. Pair this deck with reading. When a word you drilled shows up in a story, it stops being a flashcard and becomes part of the language. That pairing is what reading in Lingo7 is built for.
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Start with the most frequent words. A few thousand high-frequency Albanian words cover the majority of everyday text, so each of those cards pays off far more than a rare one. This deck gives you the top 60 to begin with, each with a meaning and an example sentence, so you learn the word in context rather than in isolation. When a card sticks, meet the word again in a real book to lock it in.
Click Download CSV to save the deck, then in Anki choose File, Import and select the file. Map the first column to the front (the Albanian word) and the second to the back (the meaning); the third column holds an example sentence you can add to the back too. The first row is a header, so tell Anki to ignore it or delete that one card. For Quizlet, use Copy for Quizlet and paste into the import box with Tab between term and definition.
Flashcards are excellent for building recognition and drilling the first few thousand words, but on their own they teach words out of context. You learn to use Albanian, not just recognize it, by reading and hearing the words in real sentences. The efficient combination is flashcards for raw vocabulary plus reading for context, collocation and grammar. That is exactly what Lingo7 is built around.
Roughly 2,000 to 3,000 common words cover most everyday Albanian text, and around 5,000 gets you comfortably through many novels. You do not need all of them before you start: with sentence-aligned translation you can begin reading real Albanian at a couple of thousand words and pick up the rest from context. This deck is a fast way to front-load the most useful 60.