Basic Slovenian words for beginners

– Essential words to know –

Learn the essentials of Slovenian easily with this vocabulary list that contains all the most basic words used in Slovenian, with their english translations. If you’re a beginner, it will come in handy to review or learn Slovenian by yourself before traveling, or if you want to enrich and improve your Slovenian vocabulary to better express yourself in writing and speaking!

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ENGLISH	SLOVENIAN
Please	Prosim
Thank you!	Hvala!
Sorry!	Oprosti!
What?	Kaj?
Who?	Kdo?
When?	Ko?
Why?	Zakaj?
Which?	Ki?
How?	Kako?
Where ?	Kje?
How much ?	Koliko?
Yes	Da
No	Ne
Maybe	Morda
Of course	Seveda
something	nekaj
nothing	nič
somebody	nekdo
nobody	nihče
before	pred
after	po
far	daleč
near	bližnji
here	tukaj
there	tam
today	Danes
tomoorow	tomoorow
now	zdaj
man	moški
woman	ženska
friend	prijatelj
more	več
less	manj
always	zmeraj
later	Kasneje
never	nikoli
same	isti
different	različen
small	majhen
large	velik
difficult	težek
easy	lahek
hot	vroč
cold	hladen
yesterday	Včeraj
after	po
beautiful	čudovito
broken	zlomljen
free	brezplačno
a pharmacy	farmacevtska
money	denar
a bag	vrečka
a lighter	vžigalnik
a cigarette	cigareta
a bottle	steklenica
soap	milo
clean	čist
dirty	umazan
a trash can	posoda za smeti
a trash bag	vreča za smeti
the silence	molk
a tool	orodje
pregnant	noseči
sick	bolan
a baby	dojenček
a little bit	samo malo
a doctor	zdravnika
a dentist	zobozdravnik
a medicine	zdravilom
a book	knjiga
a story	zgodba
a phone	telefon
a computer	računalnik
a car	avto
a plane	letalo
the name	ime
the adress	pritoževanje
the age	starost
the nationality	državljanstvo
a choice	izbira
an answer	odgovor
the key	ključa
the light	svetlobe
the television	televizorja
the bed	postelja
the house	hiša
the shower	prha
the window	okno
the door	vrata
the table	preglednico
tired	utrujen
water	Voda
open	odprt
closed	zaprt
clothes	obleka
coffee	kava
tea	čaj
lunch	kosilo
dinner	večerja
a fruit	sadje
a vegetable	zelenjava
a beverage	pijača
a child	otrok
rain	dež
the entrance	vhoda
the exit	izhoda
music	glasba
a smile	nasmešek
the world	svet
the sky	nebo
a river	reka
the sea	morje
the mountain	gora
the lake	jezero
the island	otok
the beach	plaža

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