Are you currently an expat living in Ljubljana? Do your Slovenian friends often ask where exactly you live in Ljubljana, and you have no idea how to say that in Slovenian? Would you like to say in Slovenian that you come…
As with every other language, Slovenian often has more than one way of expressing the same thing – the synonyms (sopomenke). So, the word idea can be ideja, zamisel or domislica in Slovenian, and all the three words can be used interchangeably; however, the first one,…
Slovenian has three grammatical genders: feminine, masculine and neuter. The feminine nouns usually end with –a, the masculine with a consonant and the neuter ones with –o or –e. However, there is a feature, where feminine nouns can also end…
Slovenian is one of the rare languages that has the grammatical number dual – it is used specifically for two objects or persons. But there are, ironically, also exceptions where we use plural instead of dual for two things. These are even…
Interjections, medmeti in Slovenian, express our mood and emotional conditions, they imitate natural sounds and are also used as an imperative (when we want to command something to somebody). They appear in every language. Interjections for the same thing in…
Words that are written the same and in most cases have different meaning and different pronunciation, are called heteronyms. As I like to play with words, I gathered some examples of heteronyms in Slovenian and English, which are stated below.…
»The genius, wit, and the spirit of a nation are discovered by their proverbs.« Francis Bacon In one of my previous blog posts I was writing about Slovenian idioms, and now I will guide you through Slovenian proverbs and sayings a…
We are excited to announce the release of our first e-book, the Conjugation Manual of Slovenian Verbs from A to Ž. The Conjugation Manual of Slovenian Verbs is a practical language learning tool. It will help you find all conjugations for…
»Tih kot miška« (as silent as a mouse), »priden kot čebela« (as busy as a bee) – sound familiar to you? These are called idioms, idiomi or frazemi in Slovenian. Idioms are phrases that usually consist of more words which…
Learning foreign languages can be spontaneous and fun. A lot of effort is often required, but results can be seen in a quite short time. From my point of view the most effective methods of acquiring a new language are:…
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…