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Asking the way in Slovenian

18 words in Slovenian on the topic “asking the way”: kje je? — where is?, tukaj — here, tam — there, desno — to the right. 18 words can be played from recordings.

Updated September 1, 2026 · Lingofly

18 words on the topic

  • kje je?
    where is?
    kje asks where, kam asks where to — Slovenian keeps the two strictly apart.
  • tukaj
    here
    j is "y": TOO-kigh
  • tam
    there
    The partner of tukaj. Direction is a separate word: pojdi tja, "go over there". Place and direction are kept strictly apart.
  • desno
    to the right
    From desnica, the right hand. On the spot is na desni, into motion is na desno.
  • levo
    to the left
    The partner of desno. na levi is "on the left", na levo is "to the left" — place and direction again wear different shapes.
  • naravnost
    straight ahead
    Literally "to evenness". "Straight" in the sense of correct is a different word: prav.
  • blizu
    close
    It demands the "of what" form: blizu postaje, "near the station". Very close is čisto blizu.
  • daleč
    far
    č is "ch": DAH-lech
  • kako pridem do
    how do I get to
    Literally "how do I come up to": the question is asked with a first-person verb, and do demands the "of what" form — do postaje.
  • prispeti
    to arrive
    priti is simply to come; prispeti is to reach the destination, and where to is v/na with the object form.
  • na drugi strani
    on the other side
    stran is side and page; here the "where at" form na strani, while crossing the road is čez cesto.
  • dva koraka stran
    two steps away
    The two steps stand in the dual — dva koraka; stran here is the adverb "aside", not the noun.
  • za ovinkom
    around the bend
    za with the instrumental answers "where"; za ovinek with the object form would be motion — around the bend and onward.
  • levo od
    to the left of
    After od, always the "of what" form: levo od cerkve, levo od mene.
  • desno od
    to the right of
    The partner of levo od, same "of what" form. In desno the d stays voiced — no devoicing at the end of the syllable here.
  • na sredini
    in the middle
    No single word: sredina is the middle, and the adverb is built by na plus the "where at" form.
  • naslednji ovinek
    the next turn
    ovinek means "bend" and naslednji means "next". In Zavijte v naslednji ovinek, "Turn into the next bend", both words keep the same endings.
  • spotoma
    on the way
    Two English words packed into one adverb. po poti would mean "along the very road", not "while you are at it".

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What is worth knowing about these words

kje je? — where is? Kje asks where, kam asks where to — Slovenian keeps the two strictly apart.

tukaj — here. In speech it shrinks to tu: tu sem — I am here. And sem on its own means "to here", a direction already.

tam — there. The partner of tukaj. Direction is a separate word: pojdi tja, "go over there". Place and direction are kept strictly apart.

desno — to the right. From desnica, the right hand. On the spot is na desni, into motion is na desno.

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How to learn the set instead of just reading it

Right, left, straight on, how far. You ask the way rarely — and always at the moment when there is no time to work it out.

A list is read in a minute and forgotten in a day. What works: hide the translation, try to recall, get it wrong — and come back to the same words tomorrow.

Frequently asked

How do you say “where is?” in Slovenian?

«kje je?» Kje asks where, kam asks where to — Slovenian keeps the two strictly apart. It is one of 18 words in the set “asking the way” — the rest are in the table above.

How many direction words do you need to start?

The whole set on this page is 18 words, but there is no need to start with all of it: the words you will need in the next few days are enough. Take them a few at a time — five to seven new ones per session.

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