Slovene Adjectives

Welcome to the second Slovene lesson about adjectives. This time we will first learn about colors, followed by grammar rules, then weather expressions, finally a conversation in Slovene to help you practice your daily phrases.

black črna

grey siva

white bela

blue modra

green zelena

yellow rumena

red rdeča

brown rjava

Adjectives Grammar Rules

In general adjectives are words which describe or modify another person or object in a given sentence. For example: a beautiful flower the adjective is [beautiful] because it describes the noun [flower]. The following examples use adjectives in different ways and places to demonstrate how they behave in a sentence.

Grammar Rules - Slovene
my house is white [noun + adjective] moja hiša je bela
your country is big [noun + adjective] vaša država je velika
new books are expensive [plural + adjective] nove knjige so drage
we are happy here [pronoun + verb + adjective] tu smo zelo srečni
she has three small dogs [adjective + plural] ona ima tri majhne pse
this language is very easy [adverb + adjective] ta jezik je zelo enostaven
I have a small green house [adjective + adjective] imam majhno zeleno hišo

We're not done yet! The following is a list of more adjectives for you, often used when referring to weather conditions. I think it would be wise to memorize them.

cold mrzlo

hot vroče

cloudy oblačno

rainy deževno

snowy sneženo

sunny sončno

windy vetrovno

warm vroče

Conversation in Slovene

Now we finally reach the most exciting part, the practice of the daily expressions used in almost every conversation. I recommend memorizing these phrases, because you will need them for sure.

English - Slovene
hi zdravo
how are you? kako ste?
I'm good, thank you dobro, hvala
and you? in vi?
what is your name? kako vam je ime?
my name is Maya moje ime je maya
nice to meet you me veseli

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