esent subjunctive form of the verb.
Future paradigm of shkruaj 'write':
|1st person||do të shkruaj||do të shkruajmë|
|2nd person||do të shkruash||do të shkruani|
|3rd person||do të shkruajë||do të shkruajnë|
The future perfect is formed with the invariant particle do followed by the subordinator të and a present perfect subjunctive form of the verb. The future perfect is used to describe events that will occur in the future before another specified point in the future. For example, it would be used in a phrase like ai do të ketë shkruar librin... "he will have written the book..."
Future perfect paradigm of shkruaj 'write':
|1st person||do të kem shkruar||do të kemi shkruar|
|2nd person||do të kesh shkruar||do të keni shkruar|
|3rd person||do të ketë shkruar||do të kenë shkruar|
Note that there is substantial variation across Albanian dialects in the formation of the future tense. In other (non-standard) Tosk dialects, the subordinator të is often omitted, and even in the standard language it can be omitted in colloquial usage or fast speech. Constructions with the future marker do are seen in Geg dialects. They are used to show obligation, rather than future time reference (as seen in the texts presented in Lessons 4 and 5). Geg dialects have a completely different future tense construction, which is composed of a conjugated present tense form of kam 'have' followed by the infinitive, which is formed from the preposition me followed by the participle (note that the Geg infinitive is a distinct formation from the Tosk/Standard Albanian "infinitive," discussed in Lesson 4). The equivalent of do të jenë in Geg would be kanë me qenë, where kanë is the 3rd person plural present form of kam 'have' and me qenë is the infinitive of jam 'be'. The Geg future perfect is formed with a present perfect form of kam plus the infinitive.
The conditional is formed in the same way as the future, except that an imperfect subjunctive form of the verb is used. The present conditional is also often referred to as the "Future Imperfect" due to the fact that its formation is similar to that of the future. The conditional is used to describe a potential or hypothetical event, and verbs in the conditional mood are often translated into English as 'would VERB', e.g. 'I would read the book' would be Do të lexuaja librin.
Present conditional paradigm of shkruaj 'write':
|1st person||do të shkruaja||do të shkruanim|
|2nd person||do të shkruaje||do të shkruanit|
|3rd person||do të shkruante||do të shkruanin|
The Albanian past conditional is formed with do plus the subordinator të plus a past perfect subjunctive verb form. The past conditional is translated into English as 'would have VERBed', e.g. 'I would have read the book' would be Do të kisha lexuar librin.
Past conditional paradigm of shkruaj 'write':
|1st person||do të kisha shkruar||do të kishim shkruar|
|2nd person||do të kishe shkruar||do të kishit shkruar|
|3rd person||do të kishte shkruar||do të kishin shkruar|
Similar to the Geg future tense, the Geg conditional is formed from a conjugated imperfect form of kam plus the infinitive. For example, the Geg equivalent of do të lexoja librin 'I would read' would be kisha me lexuë librin (where me lexuë is the infinitive of lexoj).