Basic words in Slovenian

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OriginalTranslation
jayes
neno
dobrofine
slabobadly
odličnoexcellent
inand
ampakbut
lahkomay (permission)
kilogramkilogram
polovicahalf
ne potrebujemI do not need
še edenone more
dovoljenough
skupajin total
vrstaqueue
velikostsize
večmore
manjless
težekheavy
laheklight (not heavy)
novnew
starold
pokvarjenbroken
vse je v redueverything is fine
vse je dobroeverything is good
človekperson
enajsteleven
dvanajsttwelve
trinajstthirteen
štirinajstfourteen
petnajstfifteen
šestnajstsixteen
sedemnajstseventeen
osemnajsteighteen
devetnajstnineteen
dvajsettwenty
tridesetthirty
štiridesetforty
petdesetfifty
šestdesetsixty
sedemdesetseventy
osemdeseteighty
devetdesetninety
stohundred
tisočthousand
milijonmillion
ničzero
prvifirst
drugisecond
tretjithird
zadnjilast
kolikohow much
para couple of
kospiece
odstotekpercent
vsakeach
kdowho
zakajwhy
čemuwhat for?
kakšenwhat kind of
čigavwhose
nihčenobody
nekajsomething
obaboth
ne vemI do not know
videtito see
slišatito hear
spatito sleep
nestito carry
postavitito put up
lomitito break
graditito build
velikoa lot
malolittle (amount)
meheksoft
trdhard
mokerwet
suhdry
tanekthin
globokdeep
okrogelround
kamwhere to?
povsodeverywhere
nikjernowhere (at)
stvarithings
tveganjerisk
rezervni načrtbackup plan
nevšečnostinconvenience
vzrokcause
rezultatresult
zatotherefore
kerbecause
zaradi tegabecause of this
biti odvisen oddepend on
pojasniti vzrokexplain the reason
ciljobjective
smiselpoint (sense)
sklepconclusion
priložnostopportunity
mogočeperhaps
nemogočeimpossible
potrebaneed
obveznoobligatory
moral bomI will have to
dovoljenopermitted
prepovedanoprohibited
izbirachoice
možnostoption
dvomdoubt
dvomitidoubt (verb)
prepričansure
težko dahardly
verjetnoprobably
zagotovodefinitely
zdi se miit seems to me
v resniciin fact
domnevatipresume
nisem prepričanI am not sure
izkušnjaexperience
primercase
zgledexample (to follow)
na primerfor example
razlikadifference
primerjavacomparison
razlikovati sediffer
podobensimilar
podobnostresemblance
spremembachange (noun)
prvičfirstly
drugičsecondly
predvsemabove all
poleg tegabesides
mimogredeby the way
na splošnoin general
skratkain short
z drugimi besedamiin other words
glavnothe main thing
navsezadnjeafter all
čepravalthough
zato pabut then
nasprotnoon the contrary
kljubdespite
vendarhowever
po eni stranion one hand
po drugi stranion the other hand
kljub temunevertheless
namesto tegainstead
vseenoall the same
slučajnoby chance
namenomaon purpose
neuspehfailure
korak za korakomstep by step
zaporedje korakovsequence of steps
podrobnoin detail
s svojimi besedamiin your own words
preprosto povedanosimply put
daj primergive an example
pokaži, kako se to naredishow how it is done
je jasno?Is that clear?
zdaj mi je jasnonow it is clear to me
zmeden semI am confused
spomniti seremember
pozabitiforget
namenintention
premisliti sichange your mind
vse poteka po načrtueverything is going to plan
če bo šloif it works out
še nisem odločenI have not decided yet
vse se je spremeniloeverything changed
na boljefor the better
na slabšefor the worse
pripadatibelong
tujsomeone else's
skupenshared
potiskatipush
vlečipull
udaritihit
metermetre
centimetercentimetre
kilometerkilometre
literlitre
gramgram
težaweight
dolžinalength
širinawidth
višinaheight
globinadepth
približnoapproximately
skorajalmost
natankoexactly
v povprečjuon average
dvakrat tolikotwice as much
števkadigit
četrtinaquarter (fraction)
stehtatiweigh
odvečenextra (superfluous)
prazenempty
izogibati seavoid
dejstvofact
vprašanjequestion
pomembenimportant
pozitivenpositive
negativennegative
v primerjavi zcompared with
prav takjust the same
prednostadvantage
pomanjkljivostdrawback
poslediceconsequences
upoštevatitake into account
najverjetnejemost likely
nedvomnoundoubtedly
verjetnostprobability
domnevaassumption
videti je, dait looks like
najbržpresumably
ni mogočeit cannot be
vsajat least
v vsakem primeruin any case
za vsak primerjust in case
če biif (unreal)
pod pogojemon condition that
tudi čeeven if
v tem primeruin that case
sicerotherwise
takratat that time
zato dain order to
kot daas if
namesto dainstead of (doing)
večinomamostly
pravilomaas a rule
skoraj vsialmost everyone
izjemaexception
in tako naprejand so on
za razliko odunlike
razenexcept
ne povsemnot quite
bolj ali manjmore or less
s težavowith difficulty
splača se poskusitiit is worth trying
moral bishould have
najboljebest (of all)
najslabšeworst (of all)
čim prejas fast as possible
zamanin vain
zmočicope (manage)
poskusattempt
se pravithat is (i.e.)
izkazalo se jeit turned out
posledičnoconsequently
pripelje doleads to
zahvaljujočthanks to
v prvoon the first try
dvestotwo hundred
tristothree hundred
štiristofour hundred
petstofive hundred
šeststosix hundred
sedemstoseven hundred
osemstoeight hundred
devetstonine hundred
četrtifourth
petififth
šestisixth
sedmiseventh
osmieighth
devetininth
desetitenth
stotihundredth
alior
tudialso
samoonly
žealready
šestill
prevečtoo
skupajtogether
ni dovoljenoit is not allowed
treba jeit is necessary
življenjelife
hotetito want
močican
besedaword
zadevamatter
načinway
lahkoeasily
težkowith difficulty
daso that
čeif
dokleras long as
ko žesince
samo daif only
tako daso
medbetween
polegnext to
namestoinstead of
protiagainst
brezwithout
zafor
oabout
poafter
v časuduring
zaradibecause of
okoliaround
čezacross
od znotrajfrom the inside
v bližininearby
težavaproblem
zelovery
pomočhelp
jethere is