Shërbeve

Shërbeve is the second-person singular aorist (past simple) form of the Albanian verb shërbej, meaning "you served." It is used to describe a completed act of serving performed by the listener. In standard Albanian, shërbej expresses actions in the past and is one of several past tense forms of the verb.

Grammar and formation: Albanian verbs are conjugated for person and number. The aorist forms of shërbej include unë shërbeva (I served), ti shërbeve (you served), ai/ajo shërbeu (he/she served). Thus, shërbeve specifically marks the second person singular past. The form is a finite verb, not a noun, and typically appears with a subject pronoun or an implied subject in a sentence.

Usage: Shërbeve appears in both formal and informal contexts, especially in narrative or descriptive past tense to indicate that the listener performed the serving action. It can take a direct object, as in the sentence ti shërbeve ushqimin (you served the food), though exact word order may vary with dialect and emphasis.

Origin: The verb shërbej and its past forms are considered part of the native Albanian verbal system. The related noun shërbim (service) is semantically connected, reflecting the same root concept of serving or service. Etymological pathways within Albanian show development of this verb as a core lexical item rather than a loanword.

See also: shërbej, shërbim, Albanian verb conjugation.