zëvendësuan

Zëvendësuan is the third-person plural past tense form of the Albanian verb zëvendësoj, meaning they replaced or they substituted. The verb is transitive and describes one thing being replaced by another. In use, it is commonly followed by the object that was replaced and, together with the substitute, by the preposition me to indicate what took the place of the original item (for example, X zëvendësuan me Y).

Usage examples illustrate its meaning. Ata zëvendësuan pjesët e vjetra me të reja, meaning they replaced the old parts with new ones. The form appears in news reports, technical writing, and narrative prose whenever a substitution or replacement is described.

Etymology and form. The form derives from the root zëvendës- (related to substitution) with the standard Albanian past-tense suffix used for third-person plural, -uan. The infinitive of the verb is zëvendësoj, and related forms include zëvendësuar (to substitute) and zëvendësues (substitutor).

See also. Related terms include zëvendës (substitute), zëvendësim (substitution), and zëvendësues (substitutor), all of which center on the idea of replacing one thing with another.