Whether you visit the Slovenian capital and other picturesque towns, or perhaps the mountains and beautiful lakes all year round, it is fun to know some common everyday Slovenian phrases and greetings with which you can make a great impression…
Below you can see a full list of work-free public holidays in the Republic of Slovenia. There are names of holidays in Slovenian with English translation. Note that all public holidays are written lowercase in Slovenian, except those which derive…
Spring is finally coming and so is Eastertime, which is mostly a time for painting Easter eggs which we all look forward to. Easter, velika noč, takes place on a different date each year, a day between March and April.…
Slovenian grammar is not one of the easiest, not even for the native speakers who commonly make mistakes while speaking or writing. The standard Slovenian language is therefore quite different from the spoken language that you will usually hear in…
After a more or less sleepy January, things pick up in February – a month of Carnival celebrations, parades and also a special day for lovers. The Carnival, pust, starts on a different day each year (usually in February, but it…
February 8 is a Slovenian cultural holiday, called Prešeren Day (Prešernov dan). It is when Slovenians celebrate the anniversary of the death of our greatest poet France Prešeren (December 3 1800, Vrba – February 8 1849, Kranj). On the same…
The most joyful month of the year is here again, and like every year this is the time for presents, happy and peaceful moments with loved ones, merrymaking, family reunions, and time when we usually look back and see what…
The regular neuter nouns in Slovenian (ending with an -o or -e) have the ending –i in dual and –a in plural. For example okno–okni–okna (window). They are declined as follows: But some neuter nouns have a prolonged ending in dual and plural,…
Have you ever been confused about some Slovenian words that look very similar at first glance, but have a completely different meaning? Probably you know the words jutro, jutri and zjutraj, right? »They’re familiar to me and I know their meaning, but right now I just…
In Slovenian, like in many other languages, there are the nouns which only have a singular or plural form. Today, I will concentrate on the Slovenian plural nouns. The neuter plural nouns The nouns which only exist in plural and…
In one of the previous blog posts I wrote about feminine exceptions, but the masculine gender also has many features. The basic rule is that the masculine nouns in Slovenian end in a consonant in singular. In dual they get…
How to curse in Slovenian? Every student of a foreign language eventually wants to learn some swear words. If nothing else, to enrich their vocabulary and sound more like native speakers. Traditional Slovenian swear words (kletvice) are mild by nature, they don’t…