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Kanë is the Albanian present tense form of the verb to have used for the third-person plural. In Albanian, the present tense forms of to have are kam (I have), ke (you have), ka (he/she has), kemi (we have), keni (you have), kanë (they have). Kanë therefore corresponds to they have.

Uses: Kanë expresses possession when used as the main verb, as in Ata kanë një makinë (They have a car). It also functions as an auxiliary in the present perfect, combining with a past participle to form completed actions, e.g., Ata kanë shkuar (they have gone) or Ata kanë bërë (they have done). The negative is formed with nuk: Ata nuk kanë kohë (They do not have time).

Pronunciation and form: Kanë is written with the letter ë, a mid-central vowel. The usual stress is on the first syllable: KA-në. It agrees with the subject in number (this form is plural; the corresponding singular forms are kam, ke, ka, kemi, keni).

Notes: Kanë is a high-frequency verb in Albanian, essential for expressing possession and for forming present-perfect constructions. It appears across registers, from everyday speech to formal writing, and is part of a small core group of verbs that also includes kam, ke, ka, kemi, and keni.