Shpjegohen

Shpjegohen is the present passive form of the Albanian verb shpjegoj, meaning to explain. It is used when the subject of a sentence is being explained rather than performing the explanation, and it often appears with an agent expressed by the preposition nga (by). For example, termat teknike shpjegohen nga udhëzuesi in this text means that the technical terms are explained by the guide.

In Albanian, the passive voice is used to emphasize the action of explaining itself or the information being explained. The form shpjegohen specifically corresponds to plural subjects in the present tense. The corresponding singular form is shpjegohet (he/she/it is explained). The agent of the explanation can be introduced with nga, as in shpjegohen nga mësuesit (are explained by the teachers), or left implicit when the source is general or understood from context.

Usage notes: shpjegohen frequently appears in educational, technical, or formal writing, where the focus is on the explanations provided rather than on who provides them. It can refer to definitions, concepts, terms, or procedures that are explained within a text, lecture, or presentation. In everyday Albanian, active equivalents such as shpjegoj or shpjegoni are also common when the emphasis is on who is explaining.

See also: shpjegim (explanation), shpjegues (explainer), pasivizimi i foljeve (formation of passive voice). The term shpjegohen thus serves as a typical example of Albanian present passive conjugation used in informative and instructional contexts.