BASIC SLOVENE🇸🇮 PHRASES (ultimate travel vocabulary for visiting Slovenia)

[@TheBarbaraHorvat]

Check out my Slovenian channel where I post videos in Slovenian with English subtitles: www.youtube.com/@slovenskapopotnica

[@ivanpetro8464]

I went to Slovenia one year ago, and all of my slovenian is: Dober dan, pivo prosim.

[@Nikipedia0411]

😂😂😂😂the only sentence you really need to know in Slovenia

[@t.s.7688]

😂👌🏽

[@bibujska2609]

Lmao

[@gregorpolajnko7655]

More than enough!

[@azamutu1413]

Wow! It’s like Slovenians have a word for everything!

[@MegaJudai]

Fun fact: "Oj" is itself short for Osti jarej which in old slovenian means "stay young" / "ostani mlad"

[@MarkYaklich-fm3ty]

Ive been taking online Slovene classes here in the US for two years. Nice to know the natives have difficulties with some of the pronunciations!! Hvala!!

[@valentintapata2268]

There are also 50+ dialects in Slovenia, so there could be some confusion sometimes.

[@maciejniedzielski7496]

Dobry wieczór

[@therealfingolfin]

Dober Večer🇸🇮🤝🏻🇵🇱

[@Abyananimations-offical]

Dober večer

[@growthnook]

I am Slovenian, and I just watched the full video. Not sure why, as I really do not need to learn Slovenian anymore :D but enjoyed it :D Thanks Barbara!

[@Fxlez]

How good is your Slovene?

[@batner]

Stekelinca - "A glass thingy" - bottle. Jedilnik - "eating-thing" - menu. you are very practical people.

[@dunwitch]

I was in Slovenia two weeks ago and the phrase i used the most was "Oprostite, Slabo govorim Slovensko" - Sorry, I have trouble speaking Slovenian. Even in the tiny rural towns like Koritnica they were kinda pitying like "Oh the poor baby is trying" but also "he's not just saying Dober Dan and Prosim, he's actually trying to make a sentence, which is adorable"

[@yellowbeardjamesgibson9297]

Hi 👋 Miss Barbara !!! We The People 🇺🇲 Look forward to you coming Back to Enjoy our many National Parks & Hiking 🥾 areas 😊. As always the like button ✅ has been Illuminated 😁👍👍😎🌍☀️🌞

[@SBUAlways]

I like your natural way of expressing things! Thanks so much!

[@danobrien155]

10 out of 10 😊

[@bhurley1743]

💯 out 10

[@SvendleBerries]

Lovely as always, Barbara. And great lesson :D najlepša hvala!

[@patrick.991]

You should become an online Slovene teacher. You are really good at that. Better than those who call themselves "professional teachers".

[@KeanoMUFC1]

Hvala za ta odličen video Barbaro! Pozdravljam te iz Poljske

[@Missnoemit]

I like that you wrote pronunciation too, super helpful! Im living in Slovenia since november and Im communicating in English, but I desire to learn some basic words for work mostly, supermarket.

[@grahamrowlinson54]

Hi I'm hoping to go to Slovenia in the Summer. Please make more like this. Hvala

[@therealfingolfin]

Hi! Where do you plan to go? Greetings.

[@longtimeninerfan1309]

Hvala! (And yes, I am scientifically subscribed).

[@DeViLNisH80]

Već neko vreme živim i radim u Ljubljani. Od prvog dana pratim tvoj kanal i Ig profil. Mnogo toga sam naučio o kulturi i jeziku od tebe. Najlepša hvala❤ Odličan video,kao i svi ostali🤗

[@MrStarkiller17]

Thanks. I learned a lot. Ciao from Portorož (port of roses)

[@maciejniedzielski7496]

Pozdrawiam wszystkich

[@BajroSlavić]

Like your videos greetings from Bosnia and Herzegovina :D

[@notgonnagetmydata8221]

Been to your beautiful country a lot and been thinking of u learning about it. Ty for the funny content. Take care!

[@ПетроШабляДовбиш]

Kako lepo dekle! Pozdravljeni od Ukrajine.

[@acerwhite6731]

This was very helpful!! You are an excellent teacher!😊👍🏼

[@numbum9394]

The first and one and only thing about slovenian trains: Zamuja! 🤣🤣🤣 That hit right in the spot...

[@RahulSankrithya]

11:16 the rise of Slovene 🔥🔥🔥🔥but Hvala vam

[@robertrogers1316]

Barbara, your Awesome !! I'll be going to Slovenia in 2 months and looking forward to it. Any places where you'd recommend. Your videos are great to watch and learn. I may pronounce slovene really bad but I'll give anything a shot. Keep up with what your doing, nice job !!!! Hvala

[@M13C7]

Kaj pa "zdravo" XD I find it very interesting to see this kind of content as a native slovene speaking person, but i also rarely ever find slovene people online so nice!

[@luffymaster47]

cool i am 100% not from slovenija

[@davorkala]

Barbara sa tvojim kratkim filmićima se jako zabavljam a posebno sa onim "navrh brda vrba mrda" Pozdrav sa Koločepa.

[@dannailsteff3711]

To je pa zanimiv in uporaben video. Bravo, Barbara! 👏

[@PureMaddnessOne]

Wonder if some work in other countries where they speak (south) Slavic langauge. The bro-tap, you mean the bro hug? Dober dan sould like saying dog named Dan. What mean with draft? Fruit tea sounded a lot like fruity. Wait, wine made of mold? Missed Energy drinks with the drinks. Wait trains r 24/7 in Slovenia, there r not here. How did the names of the weekdays came 2 be? Either a week starts on Sunday, a workweek starts on Monday (with weekend at the end). Should do 1 in reverse for the Slovenian channel. Either make 1 were Disney/Marvel/DC/Alfred Jodocus Kwak/Pokemon/whatever characters r translated as in Slovenian, like Donald Duck isn't called Donald Duck in every language, same with characters like Spider-Man (where can do the superhero and the civilian identity, as sometimes only 1 of the is translated). Stay awesome and positive yourself, Little Squirrelie🐿🐕. The cute sound at the end is cute and funny.

[@valentintapata2268]

Mulled wine is in Slovene kuhano vino (cooked wine). Donald Duck in Slovene is Racman Jaka (also Jaka Racman) which translate to Jake the (male) Duck.

[@outcast3397]

if i ever make it back out to the Redwoods... be cool if you'd take a hike with me and my pup. Find you wicked cool my friend and would enjoy you talking my ear off about your life and country. Thankyou for all the good vibe content. you are much appreciated!

[@jeffsaviola2109]

Hvala that was great I definitely learned a few … but will watch few times b4 my next trip .. one that I’ve said zdravo .. which I thought was hello also ??

[@manfredbismark6688]

Oj Barbara. Bravo, good work! Have a beautiful day. Bye. Rudi.

[@tak178]

It's amazing how similar Slavic languages can be, but Slovenian has it's own very unique flavour. In that spirit, I now ask you a question in Klingon, Barbara: nuqDaq yuch Dapol?

[@karendavis3796]

Hvala!

[@dunwitch]

This is really awesome, thanks! Just what I wanted to learn. Traveling there in July with my girlfriend and want to learn enough to at least get by. If you happen to do another one of these - my girlfriend is a vegetarian (but she eats eggs and dairy) so it'd be cool to memorize a phrase or two to help her out with that. Like "does this have meat in it?" Maybe "What do you recommend for a vegetarian?" or "She doesn't/can't eat meat."

[@valentintapata2268]

English is widly spoken in Slovenia (and other languages as well) so there will wery rarerly be a problem. Does this have meat in it? - ali to vsebuje meso? What do you recommend for a vegetarian? - Kaj priporočate vegeterjancem? She doesn't/can't eat meat. - Ona ne je mesa. I would like a vegetarian menu please. - Želim vegetarijanski jedilnik prosim.

[@dunwitch]

@@valentintapata2268 Thank you so much! I know I could probably get by with English but if I can I want to at least know the key phrases to look for and be able to stammer out a little Slovenian if necessary.

[@valentintapata2268]

@@dunwitch Prosim (please), hvala (thank you), dober dan (good day), nasvidenje (goodbye), račun prosim (check please), koliko to stane? (how much does this costs?), dve vstopnici/karti prosim (two tickets please), kje je najbližja restavracija/gostilna? (Where is the closest restaurant/inn?) Ali lahko tukaj parkiram (can I park here?).

[@eshchoodin2414]

Inter-Slavic literal translation is always a bunch of fun and better understading of yourown language. Slovenian sounds for me Russian as a mix of Serbo-Croatian and Polish. Hvala te lepotice.

[@luovery7007]

interesting, useful, and I like your humour!

[@magusmagus4400]

You're beautiful and smart and thank you. I have always wanted to visit Lake Bled

[@thomascvelbar9811]

Hvala Barbara! Great job!

[@sabretooth9132]

Loved the language lesson video, hopefully there'll be more in the future, you made it easier to understand than other lesson videos too, you must me gifted at teaching

[@wilorules]

Thank you Barbs!! Xx

[@silverdingosounds126]

Hello Barbara my name is Philip and i would just like to say thanks for bringing my attention to the story of an amazing man called Martin Strel, please do not pay much attention to my you tube thing as i have not gone any where near social media for years now,hope to visit your beautiful country early next spring and love your way.

[@skylaxx]

Very educational video. You are the best :) Maybe regarding no. 1, for informal greeting you could also say "seos" or "serbus" especially in Štajerska region ;) Comes from austrian/german "servus" which derives from latin word "slave/at your service".

[@illillyillyo]

Thank you, Barbara! I absolutely adore languages, especially Slavic ones, especially since I already know Russian and some Ukrainian, so it’s super fun to compare them. Determining which syllables are stressed/unstressed in Slovenian is so hard, they’re so unpredictable, I get them wrong almost every time I try 😂 but that’s similar to other Slavic languages, of course, because we Slavs don’t do things the easy way, no no!

[@MdBakul-x6d]

NICE

[@steveflatbush]

I want to be extra annoying and say "čauči bauči". lol. Just kidding. I like your sincerety in giving us questions in Slovene to ask. Though, it might be hard to understand the responses.

[@AdamBurianek92]

As a Slovak, my experience from last year vacation in Koper, Slovenia was that I could speak my language slowly and people would get what I was trying to say... in fact, Slovenian seems even closer to Slovak than Croatian to me... however, there are some false friends to be aware of... for example, "otrok" in Slovenian means "child", while in Slovak it means "slave"... but it was definitely easier to order coffee in Slovenia than a year before in Croatia, because when you say "please" in Slovenian - "prosim" instead of Croatian "molim", it's basically the same as Slovak "prosím"... so "Dva espressa, prosim" was the easiest thing I could say in Slovenian and since I visited the same café every morning during my vacation, after three days I didn't need to say anything and the waitress already knew what I'm going to order :)

[@valentintapata2268]

Slovenian in reality is not a South Slavic language, it is a mix of South Slavic and West Slavic, but history made it so that the South Slavic component became stronger. Edit: Slovenian is overall also the most arhaic living Slavic language.

[@flagshipbowtie]

@@valentintapata2268 Yeah it sounds like it to the Russian at least when it comes to words. What about grammar? Archaic too? Russian is defintely most advanced and refined. The rest of the slavic languages sound like a villager to me.

[@flagshipbowtie]

otrok means a teenager in Russian. Old word. Not used nowadays except maybe by very old people or in villages. prosim means ask in Russian molim means pray for in Russian

[@valentintapata2268]

@@flagshipbowtie Pretty much all of Slavic languages retain some arhaic form that others lost, but in general Slovene has preserved the higest amount of them. Slovene/Slovenian grammar is very hard, we have 6 nouns and we retain dual dual grammatical number (...). Arhaic means that it is closer to the Old Slavic - older language forms are usualy more complex. Modern Russian is simpler and has more words of foreign origin. I heard several times that Slovene resembles old (medieval) Russian or the language of the old fairytales. In Slovene prosim is please and molim is to pray.

[@flagshipbowtie]

@@valentintapata2268 "we have 6 nouns and we retain dual dual grammatical number (...)." What does that mean? You mean 6 cases? We still have those. I'm not sure what duel duel means though. "Modern Russian is simpler and has more words of foreign origin" Actually not. Russian is not simple. In fact some things got more complex due the said advancement. You can say it was simplfied and advanced in the same time. It's things like we got rid of the verb est (to be) added vowels to some words so they would flow and sound better. Refined the spelling to reflect how words are actually pronounced. Polish has more foreign words than Russian despite people thinking otherwise. What do you mean by simplification? What's changed? Here's another thing. English is a very archaic language in all regards. Still Slovene sounds more advanced by comparison. The English have been always forming words from the root blatanly just like vizovnica means a ticket. From the verb vezti (carry or pull). Buulgarian doesn't have cases. It sounds like English. They put words in order to make sense. Chinese is very archaic as well. Especially the writing. Japanese made it even more confusing adding 2 alphabet on top. As far as I know Russian is the most advanced and refined language on the planet. Slavic languages are superior (except Bulgarian) due to the ability to move words around freely due the existance of the case system. Nobody can do that.

[@sergiotraverso4081]

Barbara, how do yo say: you are a lovely lady?

[@bostjanmodic1155]

Vrhunsko.

[@ryancallen2698]

Slovenia has some of the nicest trains I have ever been in, but they are always "V ZAMUDI." It is true that Slovenians take interest in foreigners. I went to a rock concert, and word spread quickly about my presence. I was invited backstage by one of the bands. So does "Podčetrtek" mean "under Thursday?"

[@hudy2735]

Yes it means under Thursday. The castle overlooking the village/town was called called Četrtek/Thursday. It is assumed because it was market day on Thursday.

[@a3hmax913]

I don't knew there's so little amount of people, you really must know each other 😮

[@peter_oso]

Last 2 seconds - most fun

[@adriankung1625]

So, basically, a mix of Gaelic, Spanish and Russian? Just kidding -- can see why it would be difficult to learn though... Thanks for this very helpful breakdown. Cheers!...ffrom North Vancouver

[@illillyillyo]

Can you share with us some Slovenian/Yugoslavian movies/cartoons you grew up with? I would love to see that!!! It’s always an interesting experience to show my American bf Soviet movies/cartoons for the first time.

[@ivanmares4299]

Hello, i have one question, i am Czech and if i want to order black coffee i use ¨Turecká káva¨ (Turkish coffee) or short version ¨Turek¨, will Slovenians understand me or i get Balkanised? Thanks for answer.

[@ninabogataj8986]

Turška kava. If you say turek, this means in slo. A person from Turkey or a sort of mushroom. Not all of coffees Will have turkish coffee, we manly cook it in our homes.

[@sulajkovski]

You look wonderful.

[@etche1897]

Last time I was in Slovenia and someone told me "daj petko" raising his hand I stayed looking at him thinking he was crazy.

[@beanguy]

You look Amazinck.

[@greencarnation148]

I went to the Czech Republic in September. Seems to have some similarities with Czech.

[@thorralf]

Very well done and fluently presented. Anyways - Most words are killing me and some are really the same in German (i.e. Konzert)

[@gazoontight]

Barbara je moja najljubsa KZbinr.

[@gazoontight]

najljubša

[@nickmitchell6443]

Katero toceno pivo imate, thats important I think 🤔 Its really hard when you're thick like me.😢

[@limakiks6106]

I'm a simple men. I see a Barbara video - a give a like.❤

[@maciejniedzielski7496]

04:00 café au lait, s'il-vous-plait

[@MegaKorvus]

Dej Petko!

[@LuxuryBoundOfficial]

As a Czech person, we will never forgive you for taking our greeting :ahoj

[@hudsondonnell444]

Which came first, the chicken or the egg?

[@danilohartman215]

But Ahoj is greeting for sailor of the sea ,Slovenia is by the sea Czechia but not...Slovenija ma morje Čehija pa ne..lep pozdrav iz Nemčije .

[@michaelpudney]

'Bela Kava', could be also \kava is good', kava is a body numbing drink which is an illegal (but sometimes available ) in most countries except New Guinee.

[@thurin84]

these are some great phrase that ill forget 15 minutes after watching this video. i suck at languages. i only speak 2; english, and bad english.

[@hamishmackinnon2231]

I've always wondered what 'volim jozeka' means in Slovenian.

[@valentintapata2268]

Nothing, it's in Serbo-Croatian. It means I love Jozek. Slovene version is rada imam/ rad imam Jožeka.

[@MyApps-uf1dz]

For some reason, Slovenian sounds like the most Bulgarian-like of all other Slavic languages to me! For that reason, as far away and as small a country as you are, I want to learn it, and be able to communicate with you distant sisters and brothers!

[@josephhudson7378]

Miss Barbara, you are looking so gorgeous in this video.

[@nicoladibara1936]

Barbara, were you born in Slovenia? You sound like you were born in the USA or Canada.

[@danobrien155]

❤

[@proehm]

Please, Thank You, Hotel and Toilet in the local language along with a little pantomime will get you a long way. In Rio, I had a conversation with the driver of the car taking us to the airport with my (about) 30 words of mangled Portugese.

[@airgaborpara3824]

Dobber Man! Good Morning Dogs!

[@vojta4242]

Can I have one majica for malica, please? 😂

[@chrispierce2819]

Hey Barb :)

[@morjenetaha2600]

Zanimivo !

[@tudorm6838]

Some words or expressions are almost the same in Bulgarian (more similar than in Russian)

[@altastagione]

ЗДАРОВА БАРБАРА!!!!!!

[@anatoliy8212]

I think we will be fine in Slovenia Russian language is first for me and it sounds familiar.

[@fellamilad]

Well done for knowing how to pronounce ‘espresso’, love. Now you just need to work on ‘water’. It has a t in the middle. Talking of which, what if I’m of the popular view that coffee tastes of death and I want a cup of tea?

[@gsbguitarsgsb679]

So really I’m hoping I could depend on you to translate and travel guide along with me because at this point you are like family in my eyes anyway. Your the Slovenian sister I’ve had my whole life but just never hung out with. It’s like our parents didn’t tell us about one another or something like that. I’m sure I could learn a lot from you and probably vise versa as well. But maybe this is all just fantasy and it doesn’t really matter. So ya thanks for the language barrier and really driving in how much I love the difficulty of learning the intricacy of your speaking correctly so to not be misunderstood in anyway. I can’t imagine how much embarrassment that would bring a native Slovenian sister like yourself. I apologize in advance for my foul words and behavior. I hope you can forgive me and my bad American manners. Hoping this comment brings a hint of entertainment to your life. Sarcasm lives in the minds of many and the lives of few. lol… wow, I’m not that funny at all. Sorry I’ll see myself out now. Hopefully this isn’t a China cabinet.

[@sulajkovski]

Kako se kaže kafućino?

[@The-Logic-Wizard]

Cool video barb keep it up! Subbed for many years, you keep growing

[@lorenzoparri8531]

Ljubim te

[@scottinphoenix739]

O-M-G !! That looks soooo complicated. Do Slovenians take 15 years to learn that language?😁😁😁😁

[@TucsonBillD]

Actually when you’re very young, it comes easily. When everyone around you speaks Slovenian, you don’t realize how difficult it can be when you’re older. However, unless you learn to read as a young child you often have a difficult time reading and writing Slovenian. Barbara feel free to ask me how I know that…

[@therealfingolfin]

​@@TucsonBillDEven if i'm not Barbara. How do you know that?

[@emirxhemaj5239]

@@TucsonBillDtudi za mene nie blo teško slovenski jezik…jaz sam tujc tle v Sloveniji ampak živim tudi delam tle okoli 6 let…in svak dan po malo učim jezik😊

[@LadyJane222]

No, I’m born in Canada but my parents spoke only in Slovene at home so it was actually my first language and English my second language. It’s easy if you learn it as a child. I also took Slovenian lessons as a child for 5 years to learn to read and write. I have no trouble communicating with all my relatives in Slovenia.

[@glenndavis4452]

One day (?) you will learn the meaning of your Slovenian heart. IF AND ONLY IF-/ YOU have the Slovenian heart to make that “journey “. God Bless you if you do. Otherwise, cats purr when you pet them.

[@markokorosec174]

na štajerskem se pozdravimo z serbus 😂

[@zeroforce9102]

I actually didn't know that slovenian is way more similar to serbian than even chech... very much same words in serbian and slovenian. 😄

[@beauregardrippey5508]

After looking at the Burmese language, this looks like a breeze! 👍🏻😅

[@vikingoi]

Oi Barbara kurde jakie nasze jezyki sa podobne slava Sloveni SlawaPoland Slava Slovian salut

[@retep739]

😍😘

[@francesfellows7717]

Oh

[@stevensugars3957]

Zhiyoua?

[@MrBlond479]

It is written Živjo, the Ž is pronounced similar to g in genre, you then emphasize the I, to make it easier you can say the V more like an U, finish with a JO like in yogurt :)

[@stevensugars3957]

Hvala

[@pauljensen4773]

Hi

[@edrapiko]

upravna enota prosim