-hna

== Albanian == === Alternative forms === -hem (Tosk, Standard) === Etymology === Personal suffix -hna is the Gheg variant of Tosk and Standard Albanian -hem (“I, me”). Compound of mediopassive marker h + -na (“I, me”) personal suffix. Indicating 1st person singular, indicative, present. See Gheg Albanian -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 bâhna (“I become, turn into”) (in Tosk & Standard Alb.: bëj → bë[hem]) • active aorist bôna (“I did, made”) → mediopassive aorist u + bôna (“I became, turned into”) (Tosk/Standard: bëra → u + bëra) Forms mediopassive verbs from adjectives • adjective shkurt (“short”) + o-stem + -hna → mediopassive verb shkurtohna (“I become short(er)”) (Tosk/Standard: shkurtoj → shkurto[hem]) • active aorist shkurtova (“I shortened”) → mediopassive aorist u + shkurtova (“I became short(er)”) ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === [1] active bëj • "Fjalor Shqip" ('Albanian Dictionary') [2] mediopassive bëhem • "Fjalor Shqip" ('Albanian Dictionary')