jnë

Jënë is not a standalone word in Albanian; rather, it is a common substring that appears as part of the present-tense verb endings used to mark third-person plural. In many Albanian verbs, the present tense form for “they” is built by attaching an ending such as -ojnë to the verb stem, and the sequence jën occurs within that ending in several everyday examples.

Morphology and usage

The ending that commonly appears as -ojnë serves to indicate agreement with a plural third-person subject in the present tense. The exact stem changes depend on the verb, but the pattern of adding a plural ending is a regular feature of Albanian verb conjugation. The sequence ë/ë-n or j-ë-n can be observed in the tail end of many forms, yielding familiar examples where the verb meaning “they …” is expressed (for instance, they work, they read, they sing) and the forms end with the characteristic -ojnë.

Examples

Common Albanian verbs in the third-person plural present tense include punojnë (they work), lexojnë (they read), and këndojnë (they sing). In these forms, the ending that contributes the sound sequence containing -jnë functions as the plural marker, conveying subject agreement without altering the root verb beyond the stem modification dictated by conjugation rules.

Context

Jënë is thus better understood as a linguistic feature of Albanian verb morphology rather than as an independent lexical item. It is primarily discussed in the context of present-tense conjugation and subject agreement. See Albanian grammar and Albanian verb conjugation for broader treatment of how these endings are formed and applied.