Shoqëroj

Shoqëroj is a commonly used Albanian verb meaning to accompany, to escort, or to keep someone company. It describes the action of going with another person to a place, joining them in an activity, or staying with them for support or companionship. The action is transitive: the person being accompanied is the direct object, and the destination or activity is often indicated with prepositions such as në (to) or në shoqëri (in company).

In usage, shoqëroj can refer to short or long periods of accompaniment. Examples include accompanying a family member to school, walking someone to work, or joining friends for an event. The verb also covers providing company during travel or a journey, and can express ongoing companionship in longer contexts. The past participle is shoqëruar, which is used to form perfect tenses, as in kam shoqëruar (I have accompanied) or ka shoqëruar (he/she has accompanied).

Conjugation is regular in Albanian. In the present tense it appears as: unë shoqëroj, ti shoqëron, ai/ajo shoqëron, ne shoqërojmë, ju shoqëroni, ata/shoqërojnë. The verb forms through other tenses follow standard patterns for Albanian verbs of the same class.

Related terms include shoqëri (companionship) and shoqërim (accompaniment). The noun shoqërues denotes a companion or someone who accompanies. The verb remains widely used in everyday speech and in formal language to describe acts of accompanying or keeping company.