Slovenian Grammar I gathered together some interesting facts about Slovenian grammar and culture, to bring you closer to this beautiful language. Let’s begin: Slovenian is older than the country of Slovenia, which was created in 1991. The oldest writings in…
As with almost all countries in the world, Slovenian emigrations occurred in historic times. The causes were diverse, from political, to economical; because of opportunity to earn a better living. I want to explore this topic because Slovenian emigrants are…
Slovenian minorities, known as ‘Zamejci’, or foreigners in English, are those who live ‘za mejo’, literally, ‘behind the (national) border’ of the Republic of Slovenia. There is no the exact meaning for them in English, because a word ‘foreigner’ can…
Denizens are words that came from other languages and are now completely adapted to the Slovenian language. They are pronounced, written and inflected by Slovene literary language rules. Nowadays we bear witness to an mass acquisition of words from foreign…
To compliment learning a foreign language, a knowledge of the culture and interesting facts of a country can be useful and entertaining. For that reason, I will introduce you to traditional Slovenian food. A Slovenian Cuisine Taster Slovenian cuisine has…
Slovenian slang expressions are shared between people of about the same age. The most widespread use is among young people, particularly teenagers. Typically, with slang, foreign words and phrases get introduced. In Slovenian slang spoken nowadays, words are taken mostly…
The Slovenian and English languages have their typographic differences. Lowercase dates In Slovenian, days and months start with lowercase letters, as opposed to capitals in English. Days Dnevi Day English Translation ponedeljek Monday torek Tuesday sreda Wednesday četrtek Thursday petek…
The Slovenian language is a South Slavic language with around 2.5 million speakers worldwide, most of whom live in Slovenia. It is one of the few Indo-European languages that has still preserved dual use. A large variety of dialects, depending…
I recently found out that learning a foreign language with the help of music can be really effective. To aid you on your quest to learn Slovene, I would like to present to you some of our Slovenian musicians and…
The similarities between Slovenian and Sanskrit are surprising. Sanskrit has a phonetic script, the same as the Slovenian language. They also share the reversed sequence of ones and tens. For example, 31, written as ‘enaintrideset’ in Slovenian, is literally translated…
Slovenian, or the Slovene language, is part of the group of South Slavic languages. So, if you want to learn Slovenian and already speak a Slavic language, you will most likely find the language easier to acquire than someone how…