Slovene Nouns

Welcome to the third Slovene lesson about nouns. This time we will first learn about fruits and vegetables, followed by grammar rules, then food items, finally a conversation in Slovene to help you practice your daily phrases.

potatoes krompir

tomatoes paradižnik

onions čebula

carrots korenje

fruits sadje

apples jabolka

bananas banane

oranges pomaranče

Nouns Grammar Rules

In general nouns refer to a person, an object, or abstract ideas. For example: a fast runner the noun is [runner] because it refers to a person. The examples below use nouns in different ways and places to demonstrate how they behave in a sentence.

Grammar + Rules - Slovene
do you have milk? [verb + noun] imate mleko?
I have milk and coffee [preposition + noun] imam mleko in kavo
he has three apples [number + plural noun] on ima tri jabolka
she only has one apple [number + singular noun] ona ima samo eno jabolko
we live in a small house [adjective + noun] živimo v majhni hiši
I like our breakfast [pronoun + noun] všeč mi je naš zajtrk

The following are nouns of food items that you might be interested in learning and memorizing.

bread kruh

milk mleko

butter maslo

cheese sir

coffee kava

sandwich sendvič

meat meso

chicken piščanec

fish riba

breakfast zajtrk

lunch kosilo

dinner večerja

Conversation in Slovene

Now we finally reach the fun part, the practice of the daily conversations. These phrases are used to get to know new people, and break the ice.

English - Slovene
Do you speak (English/ Slovene)? ali govorite (angleško/slovensko)?
Just a little zelo slabo
I like Slovene všeč mi je slovenščina
Can I practice with you? lahko vadim z vami?
How old are you? koliko ste stari?
I'm thirty three years old jaz sem star triintrideset let
It was nice talking to you veselilo me je

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