Qëndrova

Qëndrova is the first-person singular aorist (simple past) form of the Albanian verb qëndroj, which means to stay or to stand. The verb qëndroj is versatile and used for remaining in a place for some time as well as for standing in a position. The aorist form qëndrova is used to describe a completed past action, such as having stayed somewhere or having remained in a place.

The verb is built from the stem qëndr- with the typical Albanian aorist suffix -ova for the first person singular. In other persons, other endings appear, but the base meaning remains linked to staying or remaining. The past imperfect form, used for ongoing or habitual past actions, is qëndroja, while the present tense is qëndroj.

Examples of usage include: Unë qëndrova në shtëpi tërë fundjavën. This sentence means “I stayed at home the entire weekend.” Another example is Qëndrova gjatë gjithë natës në pritje, meaning “I stood or stayed there all night waiting.” The associated past participle qenju? or qëndruar is used in perfect tenses with auxiliary kam, as in Kam qëndruar atje. The noun qëndrim refers to a stay or halt and is related to the verb.

Related forms include the infinitive qëndroj and the noun qëndrim. In Albanian, context typically clarifies whether qëndrova means staying in a place or standing in a position, with tense determining the overall sense.