ABSTRACT
There are twenty-five letters in the Slovene alphabet: five vowels and twenty consonants. Three of the consonants have a superscript diacritic ˇ (i.e. č, š, ž).
Approximate English equivalent
Slovene example
English translation
A a a Amêrika ávtobus
America bus
B b b Benétke bràt
Venice brother
C c ts (as in bits) Cêlje césta
Celje road
Č č ch (as in church) Čéška čáj
Bohemia tea
D d d (but dental, e.g. as in French dans ‘in’)
Dánska dán
Denmark day
E e either e in get or é in French été ‘summer’
Evrópa êna Élba étos
Europe one Elbe ethos
see 1.3.3
F f f Fráncija fànt
France boy
G g g Gŕčija gledalíšče
Greece theatre
H h ch (as in loch) Hrváška híša
Croatia house
I i i (as in machine) Índija igrálec
India player
J j y (as in young or boy) Japónska jêzik
Japan language
K k k Kitájska krùh
China bread
L l l (or w; see 1.7.4) Ljubljána lép
Ljubljana beautiful
M m m Máribor mléko
Maribor milk
N n n Norvéška nós
Norway nose
O o either o in got or o in French dos ‘back’
Olímp ôče Óhrid ópica
Olympus father Ohrid monkey
see 1.3.3
P p p Prága pótnik
Prague traveller
R r r (rolled as in Italian or Russian)
Rúsija ríba
Russia fish
S s s Slovénija stòl
Slovenia chair
Š š sh (as in fish) Švíca študènt
Switzerland student
T t t (but dental, e.g. as in French
tomate ‘tomato’)
Témza téden
Thames week
U u u Urál učítelj
The Urals teacher
V v v (or w; see 1.7.3) Virgínija ví
Virginia you
Z z z Zágreb zíma
Zagreb winter
Ž ž s (as in measure) Ženéva žénska
Geneva woman
Vowels spellings of foreign names or borrowed expressions, e.g. New York, Quai d’Orsay, quid pro quo, xêrox.
