Slovenian Language

Speak Slovenian confidently — dual number, cases, daily conversations, and Slovenian culture.

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What you'll learn

Sounds and Letters

Read any Slovenian word aloud correctly using the 25-letter phonetic alphabet.

First Conversations

Greet people, introduce yourself, and say goodbye in both formal and informal situations.

Nouns and Gender

Identify the grammatical gender of a noun and use the correct definite-style agreement.

Numbers and Time

Tell the time, give your phone number, and ask about opening hours in Slovenian.

Verb Biti — To Be

Use all present-tense forms of biti to make statements and questions about identity and state.

Nominative — Subject Role

Build simple subject–verb sentences and describe people and things using nominative forms.

Present-Tense Verbs

Conjugate regular -ati, -iti, and -eti verbs in the present tense for all persons including dual.

Accusative — Direct Object

Use accusative case to express what you buy, eat, see, and want in everyday sentences.

Locative — Stating Location

Say where people and things are located using v/na + locative with correct noun endings.

Daily Life Routines

Describe a typical day from waking up to going to bed using time expressions and present-tense verbs.

Dual Number in Practice

Use the Slovenian dual correctly for pronouns, nouns, adjectives, and verbs when referring to exactly two people or things.

Survival Service Tasks

Handle essential service interactions — at a café, shop, and transport stop — entirely in Slovenian.

Genitive — Possession and Negation

Use the genitive case correctly for possession, quantity, and negation in short sentences

Dative — Giving and Telling

Use the dative case to express indirect objects and recipients in everyday giving and telling situations

Instrumental — With and By Means Of

Form and use the instrumental case to express accompaniment and means in real conversations

Plural Cases in Action

Form and use genitive, dative, and instrumental in their plural forms across all three genders

Adjective Cases and Agreement

Make adjectives agree with nouns in case, gender, and number across the most common case forms

Past Tense — What Happened

Form and use the past tense with the -l participle and biti auxiliary in real-life narratives

Future and Immediate Plans

Express future plans and intentions using bom + infinitive and near-future phrases

Supine and Motion Verbs

Use the supine form correctly with verbs of motion to avoid the most common intermediate-level error

Verb Aspect — Done vs Ongoing

Distinguish perfective and imperfective verb pairs and choose the right aspect in past and future sentences

Talking About People

Describe people's appearance, character, and relationships using adjectives and family vocabulary

Food, Restaurants, and Health

Handle food orders, describe dietary needs, and report minor health symptoms in Slovenian

Slovenian Culture and Everyday Life

Discuss Slovenian cultural events, national habits, and daily social customs with real-world confidence

Confident Small Talk

Hold a natural small-talk conversation on familiar topics such as weather, plans, and opinions.

Conditional and Wishes

Express wishes, hypothetical situations, and polite requests using the conditional mood.

Reported Speech and Indirect Questions

Report what someone said and ask indirect questions in natural Slovenian conversation.

Describing Places and Directions

Describe a place in detail and give or follow multi-step directions in Slovenian.

Housing and Accommodation

Find and discuss accommodation, describe your home in detail, and handle housing administration.

Work and Professional Life

Talk about your job, workplace, and professional activities in Slovenian.

Travel and Getting Around Slovenia

Plan and carry out a trip within Slovenia, handling transport, accommodation bookings, and tourist interactions.

Health and Administrative Tasks

Handle medical appointments and basic administrative procedures fully in Slovenian.

Complex Sentence Building

Build multi-clause sentences using subordinating conjunctions and relative clauses in Slovenian.

Reflexive Verbs and Se/Si

Use reflexive verbs with se and si accurately across everyday and formal contexts.

Numbers, Data, and Measurements

Use large numbers, fractions, percentages, and measurements confidently in real contexts.

Slovenian Culture and Society B1

Discuss Slovenian cultural events, traditions, and social topics with personal opinions.

Case Review

Deploy all six Slovenian cases fluently in spontaneous speech and writing about complex real-life situations.

Aspect at B2 Depth

Choose the correct aspect pair in nuanced contexts including narrative, negation, and modal constructions.

Complex Clause Building

Construct multi-clause sentences with subordinate, relative, and adverbial clauses to express complex ideas clearly.

Formal and Written Register

Produce and comprehend formal written and spoken Slovenian appropriate for professional and official contexts.

Media and News Language

Understand and discuss Slovenian news articles, radio, and online media on familiar and unfamiliar topics.

Spoken Fluency and Interaction

Sustain fluent, spontaneous spoken interaction on a range of abstract and practical topics without noticeable hesitation.

Abstract and Academic Topics

Discuss abstract ideas, give reasoned opinions, and follow academic-style discourse in Slovenian.

Dual Number Use

Use the dual number accurately and spontaneously in all cases, verb forms, and complex sentence types.

Slovenian Society and Identity

Engage in substantive conversations about Slovenian society, identity, history, and contemporary issues.

Professional Communication

Communicate professionally in Slovenian in workplace meetings, negotiations, and professional correspondence.

Fluency Foundations

Sustain a sophisticated conversation on abstract topics using varied syntax and precise vocabulary without hesitation.

C1 Case Precision

Use all six cases with idiomatic prepositions and abstract meanings in complex noun phrases without error.

Verb Aspect Mastery

Deploy perfective and imperfective aspect choices to convey precise nuances of completion, habit, and narrative focus in extended discourse.

Subordinate Clause Complexity

Construct multi-layered sentences with embedded subordinate clauses, participial constructions, and reduced relatives in formal and spoken registers.

C1 Formal and Academic Register

Produce formal written and spoken texts — reports, proposals, and academic commentary — using the conventions of standard Slovenian prose.

Spoken Interaction at C1

Manage complex spoken interactions — debates, negotiations, and seminars — with natural turn-taking, interruption, and elaboration strategies.

Reading and Text Analysis

Read and critically analyse authentic Slovenian texts — literary, journalistic, and official — extracting implied meaning and evaluating argumentation.

C1 Writing Skills

Produce well-structured, stylistically appropriate extended writing — essays, commentary, and summaries — in standard Slovenian.

Dual Number at C1

Use the dual number flawlessly across all cases, verb forms, and pronouns in spontaneous formal and informal speech and writing.

Professional and Civic Slovenian

Navigate high-stakes professional and civic interactions in Slovenian — presentations, hearings, and negotiations — with confidence and accuracy.

Slovenian Culture at C1

Engage critically and knowledgeably with Slovenian cultural life — literature, events, identity, and tradition — as an active participant rather than an observer.

C2 Lexical Depth

Deploy low-frequency, stylistically precise vocabulary across formal, literary, and specialist registers without hesitation.

C2 Grammar Nuance

Handle residual grammatical complexity — rare case alternations, mood subtleties, and aspect edge cases — without any productive errors.

C2 Spoken Mastery

Sustain effortless, natural, and rhetorically varied spoken Slovenian in any context including high-pressure academic and civic debate.

C2 Reading Mastery

Read any authentic Slovenian text — literary, legal, journalistic, or academic — with full comprehension and critical interpretation.

C2 Writing Mastery

Produce flawless, stylistically sophisticated written Slovenian across all genres — argumentative, narrative, formal, and creative.

C2 Dual Perfection

Use the dual number with complete automaticity and stylistic awareness in every register, including the rarest formal and literary contexts.

C2 Cultural Mastery

Engage as a culturally fluent participant in Slovenian civic, artistic, and intellectual life with insider knowledge and cross-cultural sensitivity.