The present perfect continuos tense: form and use

 The present perfect continuos tense: form and use 

To make questions we put ‘have’ or ‘has’ in front of the 

subject. 

 

Per te bere pyetje ne vendosim  ‘kam’ ose ‘ka’ perpara 

kryefjales. 

            

Examples 

What have you been doing? 

Have you been waiting long? 

We use the present perfect continuous when we want to: 

-describe an activity that takes a long time. 

-emphasize the length of time that an activity has taken. 

Ne e perdorim kohen e kryer te vazhduar kur ne duam te: 

-pershkruajme nje veprim qe kerkon shume kohe. 

-theksojme kohezgjatjen qe ka marre nje veprim. 

            Examples 

‘What have you been doing?’        ‘ I’ve been painting my room.’ 

‘You’re late.’     ‘ I ‘ve been waiting for an hour.’ 

With the verbs ‘live’ and ‘work’ we can normally use either the present perfect simple or the present perfect continuous. 

Me foljet ‘jetoj’ dhe ‘punoj’  normalisht mund te perdorim ose kohen e kryer ose kohen e kryer te vazhduar. 

                           Examples 

Have you worked here long? 

Have you been working here long?