Konjugimi

Konjugimi ismin is the systematic variation of verbs to encode grammatical information about the action and the participants in a sentence. In practice, it involves changing a verb form to reflect who is performing the action (person and number), when the action happens (tense), and how the action is viewed (mood and aspect). Finite verb forms carry subject information and carry time reference, while non-finite forms such as infinitives and participles serve other grammatical functions.

In Albanian grammar, konjugimi refers to how verbs are inflected for person and number across tense, mood, and voice. Regular verbs follow predictable endings according to tense and mood, producing a standard set of forms. Irregular verbs, by contrast, may undergo stem changes or keep unique endings that do not follow the regular pattern. Verbs can also participate in compound tenses using auxiliary verbs and participles, expanding the range of temporal and aspectual distinctions available to speakers.

Across languages, konjugimi serves several key functions: it marks the subject, indicates time and aspect, conveys modality, and helps establish syntactic agreement within clauses. The exact inventory of moods (such as indicative, imperative, and conditional), tenses (present, past, future, and perfective forms), and voices (active or passive) varies by language, but the basic idea—altering verb forms to reflect grammatical context—remains common.

Learning konjugimi involves memorizing regular endings, recognizing irregular patterns, and understanding how different tenses and moods affect verb forms. It is a foundational aspect of mastering Albanian grammar and of studying languages with rich verb inflection.