Colloquial Slovene
The Complete Course for Beginners
- 328 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
About This Book
Colloquial Slovene: The Complete Course for Beginners has been carefully developed by an experienced teacher to provide a step-by-step course to Slovene as it is written and spoken today.
Combining a clear, practical and accessible style with a methodical and thorough treatment of the language, it equips learners with the essential skills needed to communicate confidently and effectively in Slovene in a broad range of situations. No prior knowledge of the language is required.
Colloquial Slovene is exceptional; each unit presents a wealth of grammatical points that are reinforced with a wide range of exercises for regular practice. A full answer key, a grammar summary, bilingual glossaries and English translations of dialogues can be found at the back as well as useful vocabulary lists throughout.
Key features include:
A clear, user-friendly format designed to help learners progressively build up their speaking, listening, reading and writing skills
Jargon-free, succinct and clearly structured explanations of grammar
An extensive range of focused and dynamic supportive exercises
Realistic and entertaining dialogues covering a broad variety of narrative situations
Helpful cultural points explaining the customs and features of life in Slovenia.
An overview of the sounds of Slovene
Balanced, comprehensive and rewarding, Colloquial Slovene is an indispensable resource both for independent learners and students taking courses in Slovene.
Audio material to accompany the course is available to download free in MP3 format from www.routledge.com/cw/colloquials. Recorded by native speakers, the audio material features the dialogues and texts from the book and will help develop your listening and pronunciation skills.
Frequently asked questions
Information
- Greetings
- Introducing yourself and others
- Formal and familiar forms of address
- The present tense of the auxiliary verb ‘to be’
- Personal pronouns
- Asking and answering yes/no questions
 | Dialogue 1 |
BEN | Dober dan! Oprostite, a ste vi gospa Mlakar? |
ALENKA | Ja, sem. |
BEN | Jaz sem Bẹn Pintar. |
ALENKA | O, gospọd Pintar, dobrodošli v Slovẹniji! Tọ je mọj mọž Andrej. |
ANDREJ | Me veseli. |
ALENKA | Gospọd Pintar, dobro govorite slovẹnsko. Ste Slovẹnec? |
BEN | Ne, nisem, Američan sem. Mọj oče je Slovẹnec. |
BEN | Hello! Excuse me, are you Mrs. Mlakar? |
ALENKA | Yes, I am. |
BEN | I’m Ben Pintar. |
ALENKA | Oh, Mr. Pintar, welcome to Slovenia! This is my husband, Andrej. |
ANDREJ | Nice to meet you. |
ALENKA | Mr. Pintar, you speak Slovene well. Are you Slovene? |
BEN | No, I am not. I am American. My father is Slovene. |
| Vocabulary |
a | particle starting yes/no questions |
Američan | American (male) |
dober dan | hello (good day) |
dobro | well |
dobrodošli | welcome |
gospa | Mrs. |
gospọd | Mr. |
govorite | you (pl.) speak |
jaz | I |
je | (s/he) is |
me | me |
me veseli | pleased to meet you |
mọj | my |
mọž | husband |
ne | no |
nisem | I am not |
o | oh |
oče | father |
oprostite | excuse me |
prihod | arrival |
sem | I am |
Slovẹnec | Slovene (male) |
Slovẹnija | Slovenia |
v Slovẹniji | in Slovenia |
slovẹnsko | (in) Slovene |
ste | you (pl.) are |
tọ | this |
Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Introduction
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations and symbols
- Pronunciation guide
- 1. Dobrodošli v Sloveniji
- 2. Družina in jezik
- 3. Kaj delate?
- 4. Mesto in opravki
- 5. želite, prosim?
- 6. Urniki
- 7. Dober tek!
- 8. še o sorodnikih
- 9. Z avtom ali vlakom?
- 10. Hiše in stanovanja Grammar summary
- 11. Naorti za vikend
- 12. Po Ljubljani
- 13. Kultura in zabava
- 14. Obleka naredioloveka
- 15. Telo in zdravje
- 16. Na Gorenjsko ali proti morju?
- Grammar summary
- Key to exercises
- Slovene–English glossary
- English–Slovene glossary
- Index