tudi če
“tudi če” — even if in Slovenian. Phrase, level B1, topic — basic words. Č is "ch" as in "church": TOO-dee-cheh. In a live sentence: “Tudi če bo drago, bom kupil” — Even if it is expensive, I will buy it. You can hear how it sounds right here. One of 309 words in the set “basic words” in the Slovenian course.
In short
| Written in Slovenian | tudi če |
| Translation | even if |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
- tudi čeeven if
How to pronounce it
Č is "ch" as in "church": TOO-dee-cheh
Why it looks that way
a concession about what may still happen: Tudi če dežuje, gremo; čeprav, although, is about what already is so
A word with a story stays in memory longer than one learned as a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.
In a live sentence
A single word almost never appears alone in conversation. A sentence shows where it fits and what stands next to it.
- Tudi če bo drago, bom kupilEven if it is expensive, I will buy it
Nearby words: basic words
Yes, no, good, bad, very. The small change of a language — and no sentence assembles without it.
- jayeslike "yah"
- nenoThe same word negates verbs: ne razumem, "I do not understand". It fuses with "be" and "have" into nisem and nimam.
- dobrofineThe standard full reply is Dobro sem, hvala — "I am fine, thank you".
- slabobadlyFrom slab, "weak". Say it about yourself when you feel under the weather.
- odličnoexcellentč is "ch" as in "church": od-LEECH-noh
- inandNot the short "i" of the neighboring languages — in is a small giveaway of Slovenian.
- ampakbutThe conversational but. The bookish, sharper one is toda, and pa always lands as the second word: jaz pa ne.
- lahkomay (permission)Literally "easily". It does the job of "be able to": lahko grem, "I can go".
- kilogramkilogram (unit)At the market people say the short kila: dve kili jabolk. Two kilograms take the dual: dva kilograma.
- polovicahalfc is "ts": poh-LOH-vee-tsah
Test yourself
Five questions from the same set — “basic words”. Recalling a spelling from meaning is harder than knowing a familiar word on sight, and therefore more useful.
- How do you say “even if” in Slovenian?
a concession about what may still happen: Tudi če dežuje, gremo; čeprav, although, is about what already is so
- How do you say “but” in Slovenian?
The conversational but. The bookish, sharper one is toda, and pa always lands as the second word: jaz pa ne.
- How do you say “fine” in Slovenian?
The standard full reply is Dobro sem, hvala — "I am fine, thank you".
- How do you say “half” in Slovenian?
The everyday "half". Half a kilo is pol kile.
- How do you say “and” in Slovenian?
Not the short "i" of the neighboring languages — in is a small giveaway of Slovenian.
How not to forget this word
Reading a word and remembering it are different jobs. A day later, little survives of a single reading — and that is not bad memory, that is how memory works.
- This has been tested on foreign words too. The difference shows up most when you test yourself a few days later rather than straight away.checked many timesKim & Webb, 2022, Language Learning 72(2) · 48 experiments, 3,411 participants, 98 comparisons.
- Recalling beats re-reading. Covering the translation and trying to remember it does more than reading it ten more times.checked many timesAdesope, Trevisan & Sundararajan, 2017, Review of Educational Research 87(3) · 188 experiments, 272 comparisons. g = 0.61; against plain re-reading 0.51, against passive review 0.93.
- An answer you worked out yourself sticks better than one handed to you.checked many timesBertsch et al., 2007, Memory & Cognition 35(2) · 86 studies, 445 comparisons, d = 0.40.
Frequently asked
How do you say “even if” in Slovenian?
«tudi če». Č is "ch" as in "church": TOO-dee-cheh. In a live sentence: “Tudi če bo drago, bom kupil” — Even if it is expensive, I will buy it. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Phrase, level B1, from the set “basic words”.
Why does this word look the way it does?
a concession about what may still happen: Tudi če dežuje, gremo; čeprav, although, is about what already is so. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.
Can I hear how it sounds?
Yes, right on this page: click the word and it will play. The sound works on any phone, and nothing needs to be installed.