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How To Say ‘How Are You?’ In Albanian & Common Responses

In this post, you will learn how to say ‘how are you?’ in Albanian. You’ll also learn common responses so you can respond if you’re asked this question. This can be really useful if you’re speaking with someone from Albania, Kosovo or if you’re travelling to either. 

Albanian is an Indo-European language spoken by the Albanians. Most Albanian speakers live in Albania or Kosovo but there are many Albanians who live across the world. There are approximately 7.5 million native Albanian speakers worldwide. 

It is the official language of both Albania and Kosovo and also a co-official language in North Macedonia. 

We recommend the Pimsleur method to start speaking Albanian TODAY. Click below for your FREE Albanian lesson.

How To Say ‘How Are You?’ In Albanian

There are a few different ways to ask ‘how are you?’. Here are the most common:

EnglishAlbanianPronunciation
How are you? (formal)Si jeni?See-yeni
How are you? (informal)Si je?See yeh

If you want to learn to read in Albanian, then start by learning the Albanian alphabet.

How To Respond To ‘How Are You?’ In Albanian

There are many different ways that you can reply to this question. Below are the most common responses to this question. I’ve also included how to say ‘thank you’ as it’s polite to thank someone if they ask how you are.

EnglishAlbanianPronunciation
Thank youFaleminderitFale-min-deret
I’m fineMirëMeer
I’m sickUnë jam i sëmurëOon yam ee suh-moor
I’m not so goodJo shumë mirëYo shum meer
I’m not badJo keqYo kech
I’m tiredJam i lodhurYam ee lod-hur

It’s also useful to know how to say ‘and you?’ or ‘what about you?’ to find out how someone else is if they ask you.

EnglishAlbanianPronunciation
And you?Dhe ju?De-yu
And you?Po ti?Poh-tee

Check out the below video to hear the pronunciation of some of these phrases:

Example Conversation:

Person 1: Si jeni? (How are you?)

Person 2: Mirë, faleminderit. Po ti? (I’m fine, thank you. And you?)

Person 1: Mirë. (I’m fine)


Thanks for reading this post. 

You should now know how to say ‘how are you?’ in Albanian and you should also be able to respond if you’re asked! 

You can’t go wrong with these simple phrases.

Why not also learn the names of the different countries in Albanian too! This vocabulary can be very useful.