-hna
Albanian
Alternative terms
- -hem (Tosk)
Etymology
-hna is the Gheg variant of the Tosk (and Standard Albanian) personal suffix -hem (“I, me”). Compound of mediopassive marker h + -na (“I, me”) personal suffix. Indicating 1st person singular (indicative, present) (same as Tosk -hem).See Gheg -na for more.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /hna/
Suffix
-hna
- suffix used for 1st person singular (mediopassive voice) - indicative, present form. Not used for verbs ending with h- (such as shpreh, eh, etc.; in this case suffix -na is used)
- Forms verbs in mediopassive voice from active voice
- active bâj (“I do, make, appear”) + -hna → mediopassive bôhna (“I become, turn into”) or bôna (“I become, turn into”) (with long ô)
- Forms mediopassive verbs from adjectives
- adjective shkurt (“short”) + o-stem + -hna → mediopassive verb shkurtohna (“I become short(er)”) or shkurtona (“I become short(er)”) (with long o)
Related terms
- -na
- -hem
- -em
- unë