Bad Radkersburg (Austria) & Gornja Radgona (Slovenia)
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- Social relationsword and phrases useful for the social contacts in the city
- Signing the wayhow to find your way in the city and how to understand city signs
- Signing the needsevery day needs such as shops, restaurants, services
- Signing the placeswords and phrases about the most important places in the city
- Signing the atmospherehow to feel the city
Slovenian language
Slovene or Slovenian (slovenski jezik or slovenšÄina) is a South Slavic language spoken by approximately 2.4 million speakers worldwide, the majority of whom live in Slovenia. Slovene is one of the 23 official and working languages of the European Union.
The distinctive characteristics of Slovene are the dual grammatical number, the two accentual norms and an abundant inflection. The name Slovene literally means "Slavic".
Simple rules for reading
This alphabet (abeceda) was derived in the mid 1840s from an arrangement using the same Latin characters made by Croatian national reviver Ljudevit Gaj.
The Slovenian alphabet has 25 letters. It does not have the letters W, Q, X, Y. But: ÄŒ (pronounced as ch in English), Š (sh), and Ž (zh, as in azure)
- l, v at the end of a word or before another consonant are pronounced as in English w in “know”. (cerkev, church, 53)
| Letter |
Slovenian Word |
Look at page | Pronounced... |
Meaning | Engl. letter/ letter combination used in the book |
| A a | ambulanta | 40 | like a in father | ambulance | a |
| B b | brat | 19 | like b in bank | brother | b |
| C c | cesta | 23 | combination t+s | street | c |
| ÄŒ Ä | Äas | 20 | like ch in chocolate | time | c |
| D d | dovoljeno | 26 | like d in dog | access | d |
| E e | lep | 59 | like e in men | beautiful | e |
| F f | semafor | 28 | like f in fire | traffic light | f |
| G g | gasilec | 38 | like g in go | fire fighter | g |
| H h | hiša | 55 | like h in house | house | h |
| I i | pismo | 36 | like i in machine | letter | i |
| J j | jutri | 20 | like y in yes | tomorrow | j |
| K k | kavarna | 41 | like k in kick | cafe | k |
| L l | lekarna | 40 | like l in long | pharmacy | l |
| M m | mesto | 23 | like m in mother | square | m |
| N n | nevarnost | 27 | like n in north | danger | n |
| O o | opozorilo | 27 | like o in boss | warning | o |
| P p | pekarna | 32 | like p in post | bakery | p |
| R r | rumen | 28 | like r in river | yellow | r |
| S s | sobota | 21 | like s in sun | Saturday | s |
| Š š | šola | 26 | like sh in shock | school | s |
| T t | torek | 21 | like t in town | Tuesday | t |
| U u | ulica | 23 | like oo in food | street | u |
| V v | veÄer | same pronunciation as f | evening | v | |
| Z z | zelen | 28 | combination t+s | green | z |
| Ž ž | živjo | 18 | sh in pleasure | hello | z |