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Slovene Digital Dialect

David Robertson — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 14:55:59 +0000

Slovene

I stumbled across this interesting Slovene language site today – www.digitaldialects.com.

It’s an entertaining way of improving your Slovenian vocabulary by completing some simple but fun exercises or games. Areas covered include greetings, numbers, colours, animals, food and some general vocabulary.

Have fun!

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Slovene for Walkers

David Robertson — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 19:50:28 +0000

Slovene

It is fortunate for foreign visitors that the Slovenians are excellent linguists. You will find that most young people speak at least some English while the older generation will understand German. Their language bears few similarities to English and the grammar is complex, but do try to use some words – your efforts will be much appreciated. Below we … Read the rest

Slovene – pronunciation

David Robertson — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 19:48:13 +0000

Slovene

Slovene pronunciation guide. (Taken from “Slovenian for Travelers” with kind permission from the author, Miran Hladnik).
The Slovenian language has 25 letters. It does not have the letters W,Q,X,Y but it does have three others. These are Č, Š and Ž. The mark above the letters is called a strešica or “little roof”.

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Learning the Slovene language

David Robertson — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 19:46:38 +0000

Slovene

I’m not a linguist. I failed my CSE French with a grade E or F, so getting to grips with Slovene was never going to be easy! (Sarah is much better and has a working grasp of both French and German). We have been travelling to Slovenia since 2001 and our Slovene is very basic. We have no excuse! … Read the rest