Okay, So See You: How Albanians Make a Date on the Phone

"Hi. It's me, how are you?"

"Hey. I'm fine. What's up?"

"Yeah, I'm here in town for a while. What are you doing later?"

"Oh, I'll be at __________ from 21.00 on. Where are you?"

"Yeah, I'm at _________ for the next two hours and then I'm with friends; we don't know if we should move or what."

"Okay, well you know where I'll be later if you want to meet up."

"Yeah, okay. Okay, so see you."

"See you."

(When spoken in Albanian, this conversation takes ten seconds tops and mostly consists of the word hajde!.)