Slovenian Idioms
»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…
Category Slovenian grammar
Semivowel ‘ə’ and Words Without Vowels in Slovenian
A semivowel is a vowel which does not have a special letter. Phonetically it is written as ‘ə’, but we never write it. It is pronounced similar to French unstressed ‘e’. A feature in Slovenian is that a semivowel ‘ə’…
Similarities between Slovenian and other Slavic languages
There are several similarities and differences between Slovenian and other Slavic languages. Slavic languages are part of the Indo-European languages. They are divided in 3 branches: Usually Slavic languages of the same language branch have more similarities, in comparison to…
Slovenian Grammar and Culture: A Quick and Funny Introduction
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…