5 Things SLOVENES Don't Know They Do

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[@bbaarrbbeexx]

If you sit outside the lights are off because of insects 😁

[@RePlayBoy101]

pa normalno... razn če hočeš bit bife za komarje

[@simonstegel]

Totally agree on this one. We do not have screened porches :)

[@harryhaller9386]

An American would probably have all Kind of devices to kill the Insects...

[@banner2677]

@@RePlayBoy101 one vošejo tvojo dihanja ne rabijo luči da te najdejo

[@janerzetic4004]

@@banner2677 ampak jih luč in toplota luči bolj privlači 🙂

[@Niall69Irish]

It's funny to me, how all english people say "hey how are you" as a greeting, not an actual question

[@klemiko]

Yes, it is true. And when you then start to answering them, they do not listen your answer to their "question" (which is actually greeting), they just continue conversation. Even more funny is, when they say (especially if a women asks me): "Hey, what's up?" When I hear this question (which is just a phrase and not a question), I always want to answer... but it would be unaproppriate do do so :)

[@viktorijautrosa4355]

I more noticed that british people say; Hi mate ,you allright? Or just You allright ... for greeting

[@filip000]

It's just a part of their fake character. They don't actually care about you and how are you, they just say it, but they don't care about anyone but themselves.

[@Emkito]

honestly, sitting in the dark and chatting is very calming. i do it a lot during summer holidays

[@gajagpusnar2634]

It's the best

[@donniedarkoisthemostunderr4785]

We did it as teenagers ALL THE TIME in summertime.

[@tamarasmit2861]

Also if u turn on the light the mosquitoes will eat u alive

[@AlicaKrmac]

Res je, tudi jaz uzivam sedeti v temi, v prijetnem veceru, ki se spreminja polagoma v noc...

[@kaydubsthekoifish]

@@tamarasmit2861 To sem tudi jaz mislila.

[@pipiferry]

Najboljše je slovensko poslavljanje. Družinska večerja, ko se gostje odpravijo, se poslovijo. Gotitelj pa jih spremi do vrat vendar gostje še ne odidejo, temveč steče pogovor še ene pol ure. Nato jih pospremi do avta, in tam še deset minut pogovora ...

[@ApocGuy]

klasika :D .

[@AnjaKuharAnculeful]

to iz moje strani je videti zavsakič ko imamo obiske. ..zmeraj je nekaj treba še povedati, kakor 3 gospe , ko so bile zaprte 30 let pa pridejo ven in se nemorejo še kar zmeniti. ena bo zmeraj začela z stavkom, še nekaj ti moram povedati xD

[@modriorel]

Temu se reče, da se odpravljaš kot bolan srat.

[@Happy23me]

Pa preden grejo, rečejo: Pa brez zamere! Tega tudi jaz ne štekam 😄

[@seasun2846]

Kot lačen srat se tudi reče🥠😁😁

[@vernugt]

My Slovenian American family nortoriously sits outside in the dark and talks into the night. But not indoors so much. There could be several reasons for this: 1. Light attracts bugs at night. 2. Saving electricity/fuel/being frugal. 3. Enjoyment of the night- see stars, use our night vision, experience natural nightness. 4. Intuitive sense that sitting in the dark will stimulate melatonin, so we can go to bed early, and rise early. In fact, the more I thought about this, the more I wondered why people in America are so weird about having lights on at night.

[@ljubog]

Also, one feels beeing watched. Like the whole surrounding watches from the dark this one lighted stage. It is not a pleasant feeling.

[@harryhaller9386]

American people probably are affraid of their own DARK Side...

[@bojankotur4613]

​@@harryhaller9386 Fear of the dark, fear of the dark I have a constant fear that something's always near

[@harryhaller9386]

@@bojankotur4613 How about getting scanned energetically? There might be an entity in your aura.

[@bojankotur4613]

@@harryhaller9386 what are you talking about? I just quoted a song by Iron Maiden 😂

[@EnaKobentar]

I never, ever mix up "he" and "she" and I can't remember the last time I heard a fluent English speaker from Slovenia do this.

[@1majya1]

Honestly! That's just weird, I never heard any Slovene done that either.

[@MihaRekar]

Right?

[@poloncanucic8345]

True

[@paulfellowes4879]

I am English from London living in Ljubljana for the last 12yrs, the switching of 'He/She' happens a lot from my experience..I am used to this now, but it was confusing in the beginning. Could it be to do with having nouns that end in masculine and feminine, neuter? I.E. Masculine nouns usually ending with a consonant? is this where the mix up comes from when using He/She?

[@harryhaller9386]

I heared people say she instead of her. So what! Sounds pretty arrogant to Believer THe whole world must speak an understand bloody American language. Bis the way for hundrets of years this Part of Europe was dominanted or influenced by German language and culture. So you can expect this language to bei undetstood Most frequently. I advise her to study the History of this region to get an understand ing of why Things are going on Here Like they do. But from m experience With US people, Most have none ...

[@Pepi196]

I think "actually" is actually just us trying to flex our English skills. Anyone can say "good". Or "bad". But "actually good" -- sounds kinda richer. :D

[@Kutford]

Zame je ponavadi actually bolj kot mašilo. Well, actually, to be honest, like, completely honest, I think that it's really... good 😂

[@mynameisjeff9560]

Jst mislim da rečemo "actually " oziroma "v bistvu" bolj zato ker avtomatsko mislimo da nas nekdo sprašuje kako smo, ker ga zanima ali nam gre dobro in ga tut mal skrbi za nas. In rečemo "v bistvu ni slabo, kr gre", da mu sporočimo da nam gre dobro kljub temu da vse pa tut ni vredu. Recimo kakšen študent ki ima še 5 izpitov za nardit ne bo rekel "odlično mi gre" ampak "ja še kr, lahk bi blo slabš ampak je v bistvu kr dobr"

[@IIIstaticIII]

When 10 huge hornets drop by then you will understend why the lights should be off😅

[@sailor4076]

Do the carrot thing for the night vision, but remember, you'll lose your hearing

[@elektrotehnik94]

^^

[@Opattz1246]

Whispering quietly in a group of people is considered to be rude. BTW. Love your videos !

[@paulfellowes4879]

It depends on how you do it, as then it could be taken as gossiping...But a whisper should be just that, a whisper!

[@invisuu6280]

@@paulfellowes4879 whispering is considered really rude here. If you have something to say everyone can hear say it, if not wait until you're alone with that person. Same goes, for example, with food; if you have snacks but can't offer them to everyone around you, it's really rude to eat them by yourself in front of others.

[@paulfellowes4879]

@@invisuu6280 I eat snacks that I never share while whispering...there's no hope for me :(

[@tamarastumperger3187]

I laughed too hard at 100 goodbyes. So true. So if we need to leave at certain hour, we start to say "We will go now" half an hour earlier 😄😄 But the finger counting had me, I cried of tears. Really, why do we almost break our fingers to show number four? 😆😆

[@SaraudaLua]

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[@JMS-2111]

About the whispering, if it's something nobody is supposed to hear, we can do it without anyone hearing. Therein lies the problem, if you whisper something here, you usually want others to hear it, sort of a loud secret opinion that everyone is supposed to hear. Like the saying goes "If you want to be heard whisper."

[@Nadja1992xP]

I was coming into this video expecting to already know what you are going to say and I was like just curious not realy thinking much about it...but when you went HEJ A IMAŠ ROBČEK... i just lost it. Hilarious 😂

[@asimkrdzalic154]

Before I went into comments section, I held my breath to see if we will have another ''Mariah insulting Čokolino'' drama. Luckily none of that. :D - Another great video, thank you!

[@MariahDolenc]

Hahahahaha

[@luka3665]

She insulted Čokolino?? 😭

[@evab.6240]

@@luka3665 Yup. Sadly. But she also didn't make it properly (with water??? And really liquidy.. Yuck)

[@petergaber1316]

I kinda get all of them except the He/She thing. I know a lot of people whose english isn't perfect but I don't remember hearing that ever.

[@filip000]

I'd love to hear her speaking slovene language so that we can ACTUALLY get a laugh out of her. Most likely it's a typical american person speaking just ONE language and being ignorant of all other languages.

[@tinakralj8544]

I'm Slovenian and I laughed so hard at this 🤣 well actually... you forgot our love for slippers!

[@RuDyyx]

Wearing slippers at home is an European thing in general. Same habbit in Austria, Germany and other countries.

[@primozmokorel3589]

You are spot on, especially the last one. Btw, Italians do a 100 goodbye thing too 😁

[@AhimSaah]

For me the biggest cultural difference is the way you say things, Americans (all English speaking folks) make them smaller and prettier whereas Slovenians say them directly and exaggerate. For instance: An American would open the door of their house and say: 'Hey honey, it's a bit chilli outside, you better take a coat with you.' (a bit chilli actually means cold or very cold). A Slovenian would say: 'O sranje, zunaj je minus 10!' (-10 actually means +5 in November on a first cold day). That causes a lot of confusion, at least to me, I never know what Americans and British actually think because everything seems small and nice and acceptable. I guess we seem like drama queens to them???

[@MariahDolenc]

SO true! Everyone here is much more direct. I think it has something to do with the fact that English doesn’t have a “vikanje” form. We are more formal or polite in the way we talk, which ends up being more words.

[@EdwardGarrenMFT]

@@MariahDolenc Actually, CALIFORNIANS are some of the least "direct" people I ever encountered. Remember, I'm from rural central Florida (where we made all the concentrate Orange Juice). Floridians are some of the most direct people you'll EVER meet. We are Southern and we have interacted with New Yorkers for 100 years. This clip from "Cross Creek" displays this. We will be initially "polite" even vague. But if we feel the person isn't listening we switch to very direct. kzbin.info/www/bejne/hGHKg4KKZ8d_irM. This other scene of the maid "Gechee" leaving has another example of it. kzbin.info/www/bejne/j3fLmpqBbbJgpM0 The most difficult aspect of adjusting to California was all the people who were never direct, and/or who just pretended I wasn't in the same space with them, or who were specifically trying to freeze me out by ignoring me. In the South, that is the supreme insult and a good way to get one's face rearranged. Lastly, this is another scene that embodies our closeness to the earth, something we also share with Slovenes. kzbin.info/www/bejne/p3TPkIttYt5jm80 Marjorie Kinan Rawlings was an actual person, an author, who chronicled the rich lives of rural Florida. This is the world I grew up in. Two decades later, the trappings had improved a bit, but these are "My People" and I love them.

[@maticjelovcan]

@@MariahDolenc well... English did used to have vikanje and you in plural (what Americans replace now with "y'all", English with "you lot" ). Supposedly, you/ye was in old english and I think also middle english akin to "vikanje" (en. formal honorific) and informal plural; whereas thou/thee was the informal variant. (Like in German Du (similar to old english thou) vs sie/Sie (similar to old english "ye")... So I guess people must have overused ye/you so much, so as to avoid being impolite, that thou/thee got lost in the process. Funnily enough though, the plural version is so needed though, that, as aforementioned, it's being used with "y'all" or "you lot" or "you guys" or whatever.

[@maticjelovcan]

I remember having seen the video on the topic. here's the reference if you're curious about you/thee kzbin.info/www/bejne/qnPalYWpYqlrorc&ab_channel=SimonRoper As I was just looking this up I also noticed that Old English did in fact also have "dual" but lost it. XD

[@AhimSaah]

@@maticjelovcan This is the most complicated set of comments in the history of youtube.

[@jacksonnc8877]

Im 46 and have been in a relationship with a beautiful Slovenian woman going on 5 years. I completely relate to the communication aspect. Slovenians are unique in they really care about what you're really saying and express real interest. Where Americans say things to just be polite. I really relate to you and your relationship. Im so glad you have such an amazing family wishing you all the best from. Sunny Northern California

[@brittanyfewster7607]

Second generation Canadian who grew up wholly in Slovenian culture here - I didn't even realize my family does most of these. 😂 The sitting in the dark, though, that one made me truly laugh! That is 100% true in my life lol.

[@karlinagroetken7060]

So true! All of it! I haven’t realized the whispering ‘issue’, but it’s very accurate! 😃 My husband is American and he constantly reminds me of your video about Čokolino. He’s so proud of you for pointing that out! 😂 I’m afraid to show him this one. 🤦‍♀️😃

[@cybermom77]

Lol! Great video! I think sitting in the dark outside (usually that would be in the summer) is not to attract mosquittos by turning the light on. At least that's why I do it. :)

[@janjathompson564]

Im glad there's one American woman out there who recognize our Slovene culture and troublesome. Thanks a lot for your contribution Mariah.

[@anajerina2142]

You made me laugh so loud, especially on the Saying goodbye part! 😁😁 Omg so true! I am such a Slovenian, obviously! Actually (😜), I feel really great after watching your video. Thanks for making my day! 🙃

[@LordZeko1994]

10 minut, dan popravljen :D. Hvala!

[@alinafakin370]

Ever heard of the movie "Love Actually" ? British. not Slovenian. Actually, Marija is wrong about at least one more thing here, and it's what I as a Slovenian expat in the USA (a while ago) noticed, to my dismay (and sometimes amusement, actually). He mentioned "suffering" from years ago. I take it that he meant suffering during Communism. Americans always think Eastern Europe is suffering while they have long vacations Americans can only dream of, no political correctness requirements, no 6-digit college loans.... you get the point. They can even shout while whispering. Where's that infamous suffering? Sorry, for the typos that may have sneaked in, I am sitting in the dark.

[@MariahDolenc]

This little corner of the world has had pretty much every nation trample over it. Slovenia, as a Republic, has existed for less than 30 years. If you compare things to today’s standards, there are good things about both 😊

[@alinafakin370]

@@MariahDolenc Hi Mariah, you are right, but Slovenians have always considered themselves sovereign, especially while a part of Yugoslavia, so the "independence" in and of itself did not bring many changes to an average Slovenian. Ask Luka, but when we were asked where we came from back in the ex-Yu times, we always responded "from Slovenia". Only after we had received an "uh/eh?" in response did we (reluctantly) add ... "from Yugoslavia".

[@janpeternelj2309]

@@alinafakin370 Hmmm pretty sure the suffering is meant before WWI when we were under Austro-Hungarian Empire. Or even farther in the past. Also almost all proverbs are focusing around the rural life so it must've been before all modernisation.

[@tidid5572]

Lets be frank here. We are a nation of complain all the time and be jealous because neighbour has a better car or a better whatever. I see this all the time. I would say that this can be in many cultures and I do not want to be like fake kindness and everything is alright mindset which is another extreme, but I would say that Slovenian nation can work on their supporting other people and be happy for one another. We are getting so focus on our own suffering that is never enough, we can never be happy, happy and someone will always be, like well that could be better, this is not good etc. We put down people way to much and we a lot of times camouflage it as worry or whatever. And when it comes to real problems, people just do not listen. That is why we have such high suicide rate. Because if we are happy, it is weird and wtf in your face. If you are sad and have legit problems they are not bad enough to worry. A lot of people especially professional when it comes to mental health are still not trained enough or a far to judgemental to begin with. So yes Slovenian as a nation, we been throw a lot, but we have to grow and do not be so unsatisfied all the time.

[@anne8869]

@@tidid5572 I agree with you, I’m a first generation Australian Slovene, my Slovenian parents & many of there fellow Slovenians are similar to your description. At times It makes me climb the wall🙄

[@sanjafiliposka]

I never turn on the lights, because of the insects.. Not even inside, only if the windows are closed. My husband is from Macedonia and we always argue about that, he thinks it's nonsense.

[@paulfellowes4879]

Hey hey Maria...good to see you back again :) This one made me laugh so much (I may have 'actually' pee'd myself :) It was what you said on 'whispering' "maybe they have a genetic hearing disability" started me off :) :) and then with 'He & She' " if you don't learn English soon enough here there's no hope for you" priceless! :) :) I get all 5 but especially the multiple 'Goodbyes' and like you, I've now adopted this trait....Unfortunately, this has also stuck with me in English now, much to the puzzlement of my friends, who respond with "err yeah, bye, whatever!" x

[@ShinyGolduck5]

Čist use drži, kot pribito, še posebej to pozdravljanje, great video as always.

[@roar_with_mama]

As a Slovene I can say that all those things are true. And I can't stand them. "Actually" and "saying goodbye" are the most annoying to me.

[@manuelamotaln212]

Meni tudi🤦🏼‍♀️

[@valentinakosta1892]

prosim ce mi lahko poves v katerem smislu je mislila actually? kaj to prevede kot actually ne zastopam :) dragac ful vsec.. in videa in punca in "onadva" :)

[@roar_with_mama]

@@valentinakosta1892 v smislu, da te nekdo vpraša: Kako si? In odgovoriš: Pravzaprav sem vredu. Kot da bi ti bilo nenavadno oziroma bi se opravičevala, ker si vredu. Kot, da bi morala biti slabo, ampak si v resnici vredu. Upam, da sem razumljivo pojasnila :)

[@valentinakosta1892]

@@roar_with_mama Hvala za odgovor, zelo razumivo :)

[@bigchungusdriplord2301]

Se strinjam

[@lizzyjarc]

OMG! XD I actually enjoy that video cuz is soo true hahaha! I didn't realized until you pointed out, I do loudly "whisper". I do get quite annoyed with saying 100 goodbyes because otherwise the other person would just think you're rude. That mostly happens when I speak with my grandma on a phone. I feel that otherwise he would just be a little bit upset. You really made my day :D Now I need to send that to my other Slovenian friends. My favourite: Superior vision from eating carrots XD (I think sitting in the dark outside it's just nice, you can see sky changing colours and then see stars, and most importantly you don't draw all the insects to you)

[@Mkrainc]

My grand folks were dirt poor. Keeping lights on wasn't really an option, so sitting in the dark was more of a way of life. I remember listening to my grandmother knit in the dark. This was during the two visits to Slovenia we made mid 60's and 1970. BTW, love listening to your take on living in Slovenia.

[@borutvasle]

You made me laugh. Great video and thank you for shoving us a mirror. 😃

[@nelizajc1451]

"Im totally expecting people to tell me how wrong i am because thats just what people here love to do" It hits different...and is true....slovenia is such a judgemental place...ugh😔✨

[@gregorbaby4269]

@@n1ngnuo I think that americans are more confrontative about some issues, sending hate mails (and other things) to the studios or politicians with bad rep... While us Slovenes are more like silent but if you go to some news webpage, like 24ur, you'll fall on your behind when you read the comments

[@Ellerion2]

Well, the americans have a copyrighted personality trait they call "Karen" which is extremely confrontational. Somehow they seem to have a serial production of these since it's hard to miss them.

[@fpsserbia6570]

@@n1ngnuo everyone is judgmental, I don't think it varies too much from country to country, the only difference is WHAT you are judged for. Ofcourse it is going to depend with who you are talking but generally here there is no fear to offend someone : for his political opinion, religion,......

[@sejveskdo]

Well she can also look at this from a different view: we are normally very friendly to foreigners. If we are overly judgemental toward her, that can only mean, we've taken her for our own 😅

[@tombarac8253]

Slovenia is least Balkans but it still is.

[@mrtn2233]

“Actually” is maybe the attempt to translate “še kr”. If you ask somebody “how are you” he/she will never say “dobro” or “odlično”. At max they’ll say “še kr”...

[@koncinar]

I believe it's "v bistvu" which would directly translate to "in essence" but that would be advanced English. It usually comes with a small frowning because we just did a quick calculation and to our surprise the good things actually prevail.

[@melissakacin11]

Maybe I’m crazy, but I thought “še kr” meant something else. Like if my mom asked me how I was doing, or how school was going, I would say “še kr uredu je”, meaning “oh it’s going pretty good”. Like not great, but just ok.

[@miran248]

Never heard of (s)he thingy. .. and I've grown to hate the word "actually" :D Agree with everything else. Also.. haters gonna hate.

[@saradoljaknabernik6443]

Hi Mariah! Thank you for this video. You made my day. I have an American friend living in the Uk and I think she can relate to you, as sometimes, when she visits me in Slovenia or I go to 🇬🇧 she says sometimes we do things differently than Americans, but I was not aware you notice all this things.

[@BOdelaRUT]

We hear very well, but there are several levels of whisper :) - talking in a way that nobody hears you, - talking in a way that you indicate you don't want to interrupt the conversation / activity that is going on, but you want to pass information right away, - talking in a way that shows others it's a private conversation that they should not get involved. Dark... what can I say... why waste lights, no need. Let the eyes rest, let's enjoy natural light (moonlight, stars), or even natural darkness. It's very fun playing table-tenis in summer, outside, in almost pitch dark - try it :) And no, it's got nothing to do with carrots. The wrong pronouns... I don't get it. Haven't met a Slovenian who'd mix these two, although I've worked as an English teacher for 6 years and I'm in international cooperation for 11 years... noticed many mistakes that Slovenes generally make in English, but confusing HE or SHE is not one I've noticed. Talking about how awesome life is... no it's not connected to hard times in the past... it's connected to - superstition, you jinx it, if you speak well about it - envy, if other people hear you are doing fine, they'll envy you and rumours will start (he's great? he must have a mistress or something) Hope that helps.

[@viktorija4485]

Mariah this is sooo interesting and refreshing to hear, the other perspective! Loud whispering, ha haaa, yes :))) And about actually, made me think about... Thanks Mariah. Wish you a lot of happy days! By, ciao, well, just something more to say...Now I'm really going, so, have a good day, a big hug, adijo :))))

[@katka24ification]

Hahaha, that was funny! 😄 Especially the one with goodbyes 😂 we really do that. I don't know why.

[@borlup6504]

I don't run into the misusage of words ''he''/''she'' that often, actually. But I assume it might have to do something with Slovenian language having three grammatical genders (female, male, neutral). Things having actual sexes (e.g. animals) reflects onto the words describing them - also only occuring in male and female roles. Therefore one could use words like ''man'' and ''person'' for the same person and then refer to him with ''she'', since in Slovene the word ''person'' is female. Also, because of this we only seldom use the word ''it'' (not to be confused with words ''this'', ''that'' etc.).

[@AlicaKrmac]

Precisely! I keep doing that - I will use the gender for anything as I am used to words having a gender.

[@joskojansa1235]

Hey girl. Lady. You are awesome above and beyond. You survived years of living in slovenia. Years!!! I love your reflections on this Slavic clan of ours. Girl, I see them everyday. Thats how I know you are genius. For american, that is. Dont change ;)

[@hollyhodgson7253]

Haha your intro about everyone saying how wrong you are made me laugh so hard 😂 my grandfather was Slovene and I have Slovene relatives...sufficient to say, you're a brave women to say anything be it positive or negative about Slovenes on line 😂🤣 There will always be people who diagree 🙄 ignore them! I love your videos!

[@user-ys4og2vv8k]

Socializing in the dark ... Bright light requires self-confidence, and Slovenians, unlike Americans, are not so self-confident. Therefore, a little less strong light is sometimes pleasant.

[@rich44777]

So funny and entertaining. Very refreshing...thank you.

[@jennyjacko3494]

Haha this is so funny, I’m married to a Slovene and he also interchanges he and she! also when we all sit in the dark, it is to avoid komarji.

[@anne8869]

Hi Mariah, I’ve just come across your channel, this upload is very very funny & you’ve hit the nail on the head!!😂🤣🤣. I’m an Australian-Slovene & live in Australia, I absolutely love this beautiful country & visiting certainly helps me to remain fluent in the Slovenian language. You speak Slovenian so well! & Well done with your videos, very interesting & funny perspectives!! My dear dad, even though he spoke English fluently, right up to his eighties, was still getting the he & she mixed up🤭. You are also completely spot on with how they all whisper loudly🗣😂🤣 I’m now subscribed & look forward to your future uploads🤩🫶🏻✌🏻

[@Azax0]

ACTUALLY this is a great video 😄 super je, da lahko primerjamo kulturne razlike in vidimo stvari z drugacne perspektive.

[@AnthonyUMay]

Hi Mariah, your observations are spot on. I think I can explain evening chats in to the night. This would happen when people rally enjoy each other’s company and conversations are engaging. No one wants to get up and ruin the moment. I actually have newer thought about it till now. Thanks to you. Coming from Slovene living in AU 🇦🇺 let us know if this is correct. Love your content 👍

[@kristi993sLOVEnia]

Haha, great stuff! Do more of these videos xD I've never noticed the "actually" (v bistvu) thingie... But then again, "I'm pretty good, actually" is something I hear quite often from English-speakers - they just say put it AFTER the thing they might feel "guilty" of :D

[@Ale8shko]

You are so good... love your videos about us. Thank you. ❤🙏

[@lidijasilovsek6075]

Greetings from Slovenia!

[@KlaraSkr]

I’m a Slovenian living in California and this is hilarious 😂

[@damjannemec9643]

Everything you mentioned indeed happens with Slovenes! I've just realised this while watching your Vlog! Great stuff! Keep up the nice work, Mariah! :))

[@karmelazoran3325]

🤣😂🤣 they are all so true!!! Yep, that’s us. And the 100 goodbyes annoys me too! 😃🤪

[@S2nnuVEVO]

I like how I came to this video like, “Yeah alright let’s see how true is this video”, when I’ve never been to Slovenia nor am I one 😂

[@jurckastelc]

Mariah, this was a proper stand up act :)

[@MariahDolenc]

Best compliment of the year.

[@jurckastelc]

@@MariahDolenc its true:) Think about it. If you collect all the US/SLO comparisons, that's a at least an open mic act:)

[@ntcrb]

This is hilarious and all true! I never noticed these things. And the one about "actually" is sad but I realize I do that A LOT. "Kako si?" "Ou, ma dejansko sem prav dobro danes", like it's such a surprise, I guess it's because a lof of us are pessimists by default.

[@trokt2]

I think sitting in the dark is because when we were kids our parents let us hang out after sunset. We had spots were we would sit and chat and drink, smoke weed. So, after sunset you were still there and it was dark.

[@niniLot]

Hahahahhaaha, zabavno! Zelo 😂😂😂

[@oOoACFREEMANoOo]

You have clarified a few major mysteries in my life... Thanks!

[@andrazkotnik6595]

Love watching your videos. It's funny! :)

[@sonofthewinter]

Good thoughts in the last "actually" part. You made me think about it deeper and you are very right.I always had strange feeling dealing with this theme "how are things doing", but yeah, Im slovene:). Thanks for sharing thoughts. Lep pozdrav.

[@bmertelj]

Mariah, v redu so tvoji videii, nič narobe ne poveš. Bravo.

[@bmertelj]

Sedenje v temi je pri nas vedno kao romantika :)

[@iena7719]

My Slovene partner gets he/she mixed up a lot despite learning English at a young age, and despite being fully immersed in English after living here in England for the last 8 years. Also the 1000 goodbyes, he even does it in while talking in English and will say "Okay, bye bye bye, see you, okay bye" which I i find hilarious!!!

[@jameshart678]

Oh wow, from England. I always had an inkling there were more of them among us!

[@iena7719]

There are a fair few I think!

[@jameshart678]

​@@iena7719 I haven't come across many in London. Curious to know where they hang out!

[@iena7719]

I won't know I'm in Devon! I have just heard of them. Maybe a Google search would help?

[@jurerai]

This is so funny! Thank you! Loud whispering part was my favourite. I don't know why we do it, I guess it's a polite way to be annoying! :D

[@kukolikukolo8760]

she's right. we do all those things... it's funny when some one points it out. The loud wispering is my favorite:) i don't know why we do it, it's so pointles...

[@juliet12383]

Yes, Thank you for this video! 👏🏻

[@gazoontight]

I love the crayon drawings on the wall. My kids did the same thing.

[@Jasonkenny-]

As an expat I have to say the He/she thing is very common...I think because the masculine feminine thing in Slovene applies to a lot more than in English maybe? I don’t speak Slovene yet so I might be wrong... As to saying goodbye I have the opposite...at the end of a business conversation we finish in English with ‘See you...’ and that’s it...it almost feels rude but now I’m used to it...

[@elzarebol1048]

I've never realized that people would mix he/she, but I guess it's because we don't often use he/she (or subject pronouns in general) in Slovene, because you can tell that with the verb, so you don't have to specifically say SHE did this.

[@Jasonkenny-]

@@elzarebol1048 yes, I’m just starting to think about learning Slovene and am aware of that so I think you are right!

[@jeffsaviola2109]

Actually I liked the video .. and actually like this glasses ... thanks for the smiles Good bye.. adios.. caio.. see you .. adijo... bye bye ... cheerio...take care... see you later ..

[@mhirhcp]

Hahahaha the saying goodbye thing is sooooo true :D It's like at least half an hour of a visit, because you say Oh I really have to go and then go to the door and talk a little and then to the car and so on.

[@MTMaryT]

That was fun 😜. I am from Peru, coming and going from slovenia for the last 4 years and this is very much TRUE. This year I am staying longer so I can see this personally and add that gathering takes some serious planning, specially if you have to drive longer than 20 min. Can you also relate?

[@MariahDolenc]

Yeah, it always feels like an ordeal to come together rather than an easy get-together.

[@ecepurtas6169]

I am from Turkey. I coming and going from Slovenia for the last 4 years like you. And i aggree what you said totally. :D

[@fovovecfora8645]

Hahaha, you made my day We were taught it is not polite to whisper in group or to whisper to someone ear in group.... If you are in group speak loudly so everyone can hear you..... thats why we probably whisper loudly ... we try to be discreet and polite in same way 🙈🤣 Me and none of my friends dont mix he/she, so I have to disagree with you here..... everything else is TRUE! And a lot of Slovenes on goodbye says "No hard feelings or no offense (pa brez zamere) and it means forgive us, if we said or did something inappropriate" 🤣

[@evab.6240]

Loud whispering.. You're spot on 😅

[@nejckra]

3:47 if everybody knows what you are talking about, nobody will pounce on you

[@takjensen]

These are such fun observations. I would love to see you do a video on what to expect for travelers visiting a Slovene (i.e. topics of conversation that are taboo or expected). I have to admit, I had to brace myself to get through politics and basically skirted the topic. This was back during the last election year, "So, what do you think of Trump," they asked. I said, "I don't think anybody takes him seriously." Little did I know! I skirted the topic all the same. I still cringe thinking about the time I mistakenly used "Ljubim te" for a friend - non romantic before learning "Rada te imam". Awkward! Slovenes just don't talk about their feelings like Americans do, and when they do they are MUCH more specific and serious. We say "I love you" to friends all the time. We probably say "sorry" more than Slovenians as well I think. As for them mixing up he/she, I think it's just being absent minded. They denote sex as part of the word, so they aren't as practiced in using pronouns. It's been awhile, but I don't remember them using the Slovene pronouns nearly as much as we need to in English. Love your videos on cultural observations!

[@intothewoods900]

I hate the million goodbyes! I'm glad that with my best friend, I can just say "ajd" and hang up :) "Pa brez zamere, mejte se, pozdravte doma, dijo, ja, lepo bodte, čau čau!" :))) It's a habit in Italy too.

[@chris24j48]

I get it,hearing issues rampant ,bring candles and don’t tell anyone your doing well unless you “Actually “are and then with an apology

[@logesch]

I also constantly mix he or she while talking, my mind is slower than my tongue is. And I use "well" and "actually" or both all the time as a filler instead of uhm... In Slovene I overuse the word "pač" or "v bistvu". I've been told several times already that I annoy people with overusing "pač" and "actually" :)

[@jameshart678]

I over use the word Prosim for a lot of things. Hello, Goodbye, Thank you, What? … Possibilities are endless!

[@1232gezza]

I recently got told I use “so” too much in English. I feel you. Honestly I think “v bistvu” is a great filler word! Very versatile. People need to stop being so bothered by filler words :p

[@spelakosnjek5317]

HAHAHA, I love this!! Loud whispering, informal outfits at formal gatherings (like pink umbrellas at the funeral... Even if it's a child, c'mon). I'm dreading my wedding, when it happens, because of that. Like I'm literally prepared to have a Greek wedding where everyone's provided a bed sheet to cover and be barefoot. But that wouldn't work because we're afraid of getting cold, even in summer. Endless apologies for the "mess" in the house. And I really felt the last one... In such a beautiful country, with so much potential, we're afraid to succeed.

[@LadyJane222]

Lol..my mom who’s from Slovenia, always mixes up the He and She and she’s been in Canada for 50 years now.😂😂

[@kjlz9814]

Im already used to the extended goodbyes being from the Midwest but it still annoys me haha

[@majastemlak894]

This is golden! we reallly do say 100 goodbyes and actually hug or say goodbye to every single person in the room. That´s annoying sometimes.

[@damjanabergant8330]

Haha hilarious observations 😂😂😂 thank you, you made my day 😊

[@bazoo513]

Absolutely hilarious (and true, of course) !! (I think that I comment on this for at least second time, but it's impossible to find one's comments on YT after an hour or so). 5 - Well, it is not _really_ whispering; that merely means "you are not supposed to hear this, so don't eavesdrop" to those it is not intended for. And it doesn't matter that Luka doesn't understand your whispers - it is the act that matters :o) 4- Carrots! :o))) 2- I noticed that; I have no idea why - it's not like we don't know the difference 1 - So true!!!

[@lekukule]

Wonderful video haha. You pointed all of these so nicely I would get it why you made a disclaimer again. Now, speaking of hate comments - please don't care too much about haters. Your "5 Things" hit the nail on the head and if people can't stand their own behavior mirrored at them (which is indeed difficult to take sometimes) then this is hardly your fault. I am honestly just very happy you've uploaded something again and that you guys are all healthy especially in this situation.

[@miinniime]

You're just great!! I would like to hear more suchlike things that we Slowenians do. :)

[@zuzu6864]

1. For loud whispering, you don't really do it quietly because it's considered rude. Whispering loudly can also add the comedic effect and what not if it's between friends. I also don't understand ppl when they whisper quietly to me 😂😂. 2. Usually lights are turned off cuz no one wants moths in their food. Usually no one turns the lights on until you really can't see anything. 3. Idk what to say about this one 😂😂 4. Yess, as you said, if you say bye only one time you feel like you are hanging up on them too soon and I agree on that. It does feel like that. But it's fine. 5. They teach British English at school and I can confirm that people mix up he and she, I did too and I don't know why 😂 6. Saying 'actually' is more of a habit, it doesn't have anything to do with suffering haha.

[@marygabrielaragasanz48]

HELLO!!! I Love your videos...and I understand all that you said. I am from Venezuela and I am living in Slovenia since 2016. There are a lot of cultural sock (in a good way) !!!! Take care and I hope we can meet someday!!! Kiss

[@marygabrielaragasanz48]

The dark is because the dont want to spend in electricity invoice hahahah

[@MihaUmek]

I don't like sitting in the dark 😋 Actually I like bright spaces 😇

[@bobacabuja]

The goodbye thing cracked me up! I’m living abroad and I realise I still do it to a certain degree and confuse the people a lot 😂 and then when I get back to my parents and people visiting hang around the front door forEVER I get quite annoyed... like I said bye 100x times already. Just go! 😂

[@TINE0411]

Not even one dislike! People here adore you! And please do correct our english if you get a chance.

[@amandaweilenmann]

Thanks for this! It was really entertaining and I found some similarities to Switzerland. :)

[@MariahDolenc]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@TheEvelinca]

This is soo good! Yes sitting outside is because of mosquitoes. Here in Belgium they do it too... also in Belgium saying goodbye is even longer. Normally we spent hour to say goodbye:)

[@chris24j48]

Like the Raiders shirt,so will be a great video!

[@MyIRISSS]

So honest, great to hear that!

[@gregjuicey]

#1 is so true and I didn't even consciously knew it till now.

[@1Combat8]

Hahahahaha, odličen video :)

[@tarotenhajzer]

Apart from insects, the lights are also off outside because of neighbours. I noticed this too when I came to Slovenia. Neighbours, what they might think of you, what they might know about you, what they might say about you behind your back, is a big, huge factor in an everyday life in Slovenia.