ABSTRACT

Colloquial Slovene: The Complete Course for Beginners has been carefully developed by an experienced teacher to provide a step-by-step course to Slovene as it is written and spoken today.

Combining a clear, practical and accessible style with a methodical and thorough treatment of the language, it equips learners with the essential skills needed to communicate confidently and effectively in Slovene in a broad range of situations. No prior knowledge of the language is required.

Colloquial Slovene is exceptional; each unit presents a wealth of grammatical points that are reinforced with a wide range of exercises for regular practice. A full answer key, a grammar summary, bilingual glossaries and English translations of dialogues can be found at the back as well as useful vocabulary lists throughout.

Key features include:

A clear, user-friendly format designed to help learners progressively build up their speaking, listening, reading and writing skills

Jargon-free, succinct and clearly structured explanations of grammar

An extensive range of focused and dynamic supportive exercises

Realistic and entertaining dialogues covering a broad variety of narrative situations

Helpful cultural points explaining the customs and features of life in Slovenia.

An overview of the sounds of Slovene

Balanced, comprehensive and rewarding, Colloquial Slovene is an indispensable resource both for independent learners and students taking courses in Slovene.

Audio material to accompany the course is available to download free in MP3 format from www.routledge.com/cw/colloquials. Recorded by native speakers, the audio material features the dialogues and texts from the book and will help develop your listening and pronunciation skills.

chapter |6 pages

Pronunciation guide

chapter Unit One|13 pages

Dobrodošli v Sloveniji

Welcome to Slovenia

chapter Unit Two|13 pages

Družina in jezik

Family and language

chapter Unit Three|13 pages

Kaj delate?

What do you do?

chapter Unit Four|15 pages

Mesto in opravki

The city and errands

chapter Unit Five|14 pages

Želite, prosim?

May I help you?

chapter Unit Six|13 pages

Urniki

Schedules

chapter Unit Seven|16 pages

Dober tek!

Bon appétit!

chapter Unit Eight|15 pages

Še o sorodnikih

More about relatives

chapter Unit Nine|15 pages

Z avtom ali vlakom?

By car or by train?

chapter Unit Ten|14 pages

Hiše in stanovanja

Houses and apartments

chapter Unit Eleven|15 pages

Načrti za vikend

Weekend plans

chapter Unit Twelve|16 pages

Po Ljubljani

Around Ljubljana

chapter Unit Thirteen|13 pages

Kultura in zabava

Culture and entertainment

chapter Unit Fourteen|15 pages

Obleka naredi človeka

Clothes make the man

chapter Unit Fifteen|15 pages

Telo in zdravje

The body and health

chapter Unit Sixteen|17 pages

Na Gorenjsko ali proti morju?

To Upper Carniola or towards the coast?