Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

Why are you crying?

Albanian translation:

Pse po qan?/Pse qan?

Added to glossary by Monika Coulson
Jul 4, 2002 13:25
22 yrs ago
English term

Why are you crying?

Non-PRO English to Albanian Other
General speech toward a patient in a nursing home
Proposed translations (Albanian)
5 +3 Pse po qan?
5 -1 Pse jeni duke qare? Pse po qani?

Proposed translations

+3
2 hrs
Selected

Pse po qan?

Pse po qan-why are you crying?

Pse qan?-why do you cry?

Hello,
If you do not have any knowledge of the written Albanian language, it would be best to write it down and show it to your patient, since the pronunciation could be an issue.

Sincerely,
Monika
Reference:

native speaker

Peer comment(s):

agree Albina
13 hrs
faleminderit Albina
agree Edlira BABAMUSTA (MCIL)
4 days
faleminderit Edlira
agree Monika Martens : nice explanations Monika
33 days
Faleminderit Monika :) (I like your name btw)
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-1
3 hrs

Pse jeni duke qare? Pse po qani?

Dear Emma:
This question has a couple of translations.

Why are you crying?
Pse jeni duke qare? oe Pse po qani?
Reference:

native speaker

Peer comment(s):

disagree Albina : Your translation is too literal. In the spoken Albanian we almost never use "pse jeni duke qare"
13 hrs
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