eksploruan

Eksploruan is the third-person plural past tense form of the Albanian verb eksploroj, meaning "they explored." It is used in narrative and descriptive contexts to indicate that a group performed an act of exploration in the past. The form appears with plural subjects and is distinct from other past forms such as the first- or second-person past and from the singular third-person past.

Etymology and related forms: The verb eksploroj originates from the Latin explorare, passed into Albanian through Romance-language contact. The past participle of eksploroj is eksploruar, used as an adjective or in compound tenses, while the infinitive remains eksploroj. Related noun forms include eksplorues (“explorer”) and eksplorim (“exploration”).

Morphology and usage notes: In Albanian, the past simple (aorist) tense for third-person plural is formed with the suffix -uan, yielding eksploruan for "they explored." It contrasts with the singular forms such as eksploroi (he/she explored) and eksploruan (they explored) depending on the subject. An example sentence is: Ata eksploruan të gjitha qoshet e zonës gjatë ekspeditës. The form is primarily used in factual recounting, historical narration, or scientific descriptions of past exploration efforts.

See also: eksploroj, eksploruar, eksplorues, eksplorim.