Kthejnë
Kthejnë is an Albanian verb form that marks the present tense for the third-person plural. It expresses the action of returning or turning back and is used with or without a direct object, depending on meaning. The form derives from the stem kt-, with the standard present-tense ending -jnë attached to the verb root, following the pattern of many Albanian verbs in the third-person plural.
- Transitive sense: to return something to its previous place or to give something back. Example: Ata
- Intransitive sense: to come back, to return to a place. Example: Ata kthehen në shtëpi pas udhëtimit.
- Kthejnë is the plural form; singular present forms of the same verb have different endings, such
- The word contains the letter ë, which marks a specific mid open vowel in Albanian phonology. Stress
- Kthej (infinitive or first-person singular present in some analyses) and other forms of the same verb
- Kthehen is the corresponding form for the third-person plural when used intransitively (“they return” as in
- Albanian verbs and conjugation patterns
- Imperatives and other tenses of the same root
Kthejnë is a common, neutral form used across Albanian varieties to denote plural subject returning action