shërbesh

Shërbesh is a form in the Albanian language derived from the verb shërbej, which means to serve or to render service. It is used to express the action of serving in the present tense for the second-person singular, typically when addressing one person in informal or direct address. As a conjugated form, shërbesh illustrates how Albanian marks person and number on the verb itself rather than relying on the subject pronoun in every case.

The spelling includes the diacritic ë, a characteristic feature of Albanian orthography that helps indicate the correct pronunciation of the syllable. Because it is a conjugated form, shërbesh does not function as an independent lexical item; its meaning is derived from the root shërbej and the grammatical context in which it appears. In standard usage, the form appears across a range of registers—from everyday conversation to more formal or written Albanian—where the speaker is describing or requesting an act of serving.

Dialectal variation can affect pronunciation or slight phonetic details, but the core meaning of shërbesh as the second-person present tense form of “to serve” remains consistent. For learners, recognizing shërbesh involves identifying it as part of a broader pattern of Albanian present-tense conjugation and matching it to the understood subject in context.