LingoflySlovenian phrasebook
A Slovenian phrasebook arranged by situation, not alphabetically: introductions, cafés, directions. Each has both sides' lines, so you understand not only what to say but what you will be told back.
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dober dan
good afternoon
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dober dan
- yes
- good afternoon
- bye
- hi
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dober dan
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___, želim eno kavo
Good afternoon, I would like one coffee
- Dober dan
- prosim
- živjo
- adijo
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dober dan
good afternoon
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Conversations by situation
- 💬Meeting peopleA chat in the courtyard
- 💬At the caféOrdering at a Ljubljana café
- 💬How to get thereLooking for the station
- 💬At the marketSaturday, a fruit stall at the Plečnik market
- 💬Calling a repairmanA call to a plumber from a rented apartment
- 💬At the pharmacyAn on-duty pharmacy, third day of a cold
- 💬Weather and plansTwo friends messaging on the eve of the weekend
- 💬About workTwo neighbors talking on the staircase
- 💬At the airportCheck-in desk at Brnik, a flight to Vienna
- 💬A boat for rentA pier in Piran, two tourists and the boat owner
- 💬At the clothing storeA Ljubljana mall, trying on a sweater
- 💬An apology and comfortTwo friends after a missed meeting
- 💬Cooking dinnerThe kitchen of a rented apartment, two roommates at the stove
- 💬Wi-Fi at the caféA café on Prešeren Square, a guest with a dead phone
- 💬At the libraryThe Ljubljana city library, signing up a reader
- 💬At the workoutA gym in Šiška, a first session with a trainer
- 💬A wedding invitationTwo colleagues at lunch, an envelope with an invitation
- 💬How old the children areA playground in Tivoli, two parents on a bench
- 💬At the student officeA faculty clerk in Ljubljana, the first day of enrollment
- 💬A loan at the bankA bank branch on Čopova, a talk with a consultant
- 💬A cold and a sick noteA GP’s office, morning hours
- 💬The job interviewAn HR office in a small firm near Ljubljana
- 💬Moving dayThe yard of an old house, a truck and boxes
- 💬At the rental deskBrnik airport, the car rental desk, early morning
- 💬An argument in front of the TVThe living room, evening, two people switching channels
- 💬At the administrative unitA window at the administration office, Tuesday, office hours
- 💬Two optionsThe kitchen, evening, a talk about whether to take the new job
- 💬Pros and consA building residents’ meeting, discussing the roof repair
- 💬Who was thatTwo colleagues in the hallway, one trying to recall the new person
- 💬After the quarrelA park bench, one friend comforting another
- 💬Grandma’s recipe over the phoneThe kitchen, a grandson calling grandma ten minutes before the guests
- 💬Returning a jacketThe register of a mall store, Saturday afternoon
- 💬At the repair centerThe intake desk of a repair shop on the outskirts of Ljubljana
- 💬The weekend forecastTwo neighbors by the entrance deciding whether to go to the mountains
- 💬How to get to the stationA visitor stops a passerby at an intersection in central Ljubljana
- 💬Signing up for a courseA language school desk, a woman choosing a group
- 💬Rescheduling the meetingA phone call between two colleagues on Monday morning
- 💬Asking again and clarifyingA government office window, the visitor didn’t catch half of what was said
- 💬A talk about workAn office of a small firm, a manager talking to a person who answered the ad
- 💬Before the signatureTwo people sit over a rental contract: one is renting out an apartment, the other is reading such a text for the first time
- 💬Raising money for a playgroundThe yard of an apartment building, a neighbor going door to door with a signature sheet
- 💬At the bookshopA customer is looking for a gift and doesn’t know which book to choose
- 💬Signing up at the gymThe desk of a sports center, a man returning to training after a long break
- 💬At the electronics storeA counter with gadgets, a customer choosing a projector and measuring everything with words
- 💬At the doctor with the resultsA doctor’s office, a person has come for test results
- 💬The sister’s weddingTwo friends on the street, one inviting the other to his sister’s wedding
- 💬An argument at the meetingA small firm, two people disagreeing about the price
- 💬Advice about movingTwo friends in a café; one has been offered a job in another city
- 💬At the hardware storeA customer is looking for a replacement for an old shelf and explains to the seller what it was like
- 💬Moving the furnitureTwo people rearranging the furniture in a room and arguing about what goes where
- 💬How much to orderAt the café they count how many supplies to order for the week
- 💬The work has stalledA manager and a worker sort out why the work stalled
- 💬Let’s check the dataTwo employees decide whether the numbers in the report can be trusted
- 💬At grandma’s about the old daysA grandson questions grandma about how people lived in the village half a century ago
- 💬How to sort the trashA new resident questions a neighbor about the containers in the yard
- 💬Accepting the goodsA warehouse keeper and a driver sort out a batch that arrived with defects
- 💬What happened on the streetTwo neighbors discuss an incident that one saw and the other knows by hearsay
- 💬About the new colleagueTwo colleagues on a break discuss what the new person is like at work
Phrases that always rescue you
These are learned first not for politeness. They bring back a conversation that has already gone wrong — which makes them more useful than any list of nouns.
Frequently asked
Which Slovenian phrases to learn first?
To start a conversation: “hi”, “thank you” and “excuse me”. To rescue it when it goes wrong: “I do not understand” and “repeat, please”.
Is a phrasebook enough without grammar?
For a short trip — yes. For living in the country — no: memorized phrases do not assemble into new ones, and the other person does not follow your script.