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Most Common Slovenian Words
Slovenščina
Essential Slovenian vocabulary with pronunciation guides. Nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs.
Nouns
| Word | English Meaning | Pronunciation |
|---|---|---|
| oseba | person | o-SE-ba |
| ženska | woman | ZHEN-ska |
| otrok | child | o-TROK |
| hiša | house | HI-sha |
| voda | water | VO-da |
| hrana | food | HRA-na |
| zemlja | land / earth | ZEM-lya |
| morje | sea | MOR-ye |
| gora | mountain | GO-ra |
| gozd | forest | GOZD |
| sonce | sun | SON-tse |
| noč | night | NOCH |
| dan | day | DAN |
| družina | family | dru-ZHI-na |
| jezik | language | YE-zik |
| ljubezen | love | lyu-BE-zen |
| glasba | music | GLAS-ba |
| mir | peace | MIR |
| srce | heart | SR-tse |
| leto | year | LE-to |
Verbs
| Word | English Meaning | Pronunciation |
|---|---|---|
| iti | to go | I-ti |
| priti | to come | PRI-ti |
| jesti | to eat | YES-ti |
| piti | to drink | PI-ti |
| spati | to sleep | SPA-ti |
| videti | to see | vi-DE-ti |
| slišati | to hear | sli-SHA-ti |
| govoriti | to speak | go-vo-RI-ti |
| biti | to be | BI-ti |
| ljubiti | to love | lyu-BI-ti |
| delati | to work | DE-la-ti |
| dati | to give | DA-ti |
| vzeti | to take | VZE-ti |
| gledati | to look / watch | GLE-da-ti |
| misliti | to think | MIS-li-ti |
| razumeti | to understand | ra-zu-ME-ti |
| stati | to stand | STA-ti |
| sedeti | to sit | se-DE-ti |
| teči | to run | TE-chi |
| igrati | to play | ig-RA-ti |
Adjectives
| Word | English Meaning | Pronunciation |
|---|---|---|
| velik | big / great | VE-lik |
| majhen | small | MAY-hen |
| dober | good | DO-ber |
| slab | bad | SLAB |
| nov | new | NOV |
| star | old | STAR |
| bel | white | BEL |
| črn | black | CHRN |
| rdeč | red | R-dech |
| moder | blue | MO-der |
| dolg | long | DOLG |
| kratek | short | KRA-tek |
| težak | heavy | TE-zhak |
| lahek | light / easy | LA-hek |
| hiter | fast | HI-ter |
| počasen | slow | po-CHA-sen |
| močan | strong | MO-chan |
| vroč | hot | VROCH |
| hladen | cold | HLA-den |
| lep | beautiful | LEP |
Adverbs
| Word | English Meaning | Pronunciation |
|---|---|---|
| zdaj | now | ZDAI |
| včeraj | yesterday | VCH-eray |
| jutri | tomorrow | YU-tri |
| tukaj | here | TU-kai |
| tam | there | TAM |
| da | yes | DA |
| ne | no / not | NE |
| tudi | also / too | TU-di |
| ampak | but | AM-pak |
| in | and | IN |
| zelo | very | ZE-lo |
| malo | a little | MA-lo |
| vedno | always | VED-no |
| nikoli | never | ni-KO-li |
| pogosto | often | po-GOS-to |
| včasih | sometimes | VCHA-sih |
| že | already | ZHE |
| še | still / yet | SHE |
| zato | therefore / so | za-TO |
| morda | perhaps / maybe | MOR-da |