Post by Matt Kovac on May 2, 2009 17:01:15 GMT -4
The Basics
(If you have not seen the intro please look here ociagov.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=uegdef&action=display&thread=1107)
Slovene is easy to spell and pronounce. Each letter is pronounced sperately and words are spelt as they are pronounced, this means that Slovene is a ‘phonetic’ language- a key differance in comparison to Germanic languages like english. There are some difficult sounds for native english speakers, and there are a few basic rules that should be observed for pronunciation. The alphabet has 25 letters:
a b c ^c d e f g h i j k l m n o p r s š t u v z ž
you will notice that although Slovene uses the latin alphabets letters several letters found in the English alphabet including q, w, x and y are not in the Slovene one and these letters are never used in Slovene unless they are referring to an English (or otherwise) word.
Vowels- the vowels are as follows
A as in artist
E as in bed
I as in meat
O as it not
U as in balloon
Letters absent from the English alphabet
^c like ch
Š like sh
Ž like s in leisure (almost similar to the french pronunciation of g )
Consonants
C like ts
G always hard like leg
H can occur anwyewhere and is ALWAYS fully pronounced like h in home but NOT like h in honest.
J like y in yes
L like l in leg. However at the end of words it is pronounced like w in now (or after consonants)
R always rolled
Š^C these two letters are often put together
V like very but like w in now only when its at the end of a word.
Stressing
Accents are not marked in the Slovene language and there is no real rule about stressing.
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Pogovori! (a dialogue)
Jani is an English student and has been taking Slovene classes so he can visit friends in Slovenia He goes to the Ljubljana Train Station and goes to get a cup of tea while he is waiting.
Natakarica: Dobro jutro!
Jani: Dobro jutro!
Natakarica: Prosim?
Jani: En ^caj, prosim
Natakarica: Izvolite! Tukaj je sladkor in mleko.
Jani: Hvala!
Now lets see what the two were saying:
Natakarica- waitress
Dobro jutro- good morning
Prosim- please
En ^caj- one tea
Izvolite- Here you go
Tukaj je- here is
Sladkor- sugar
In- and
Mleko- milk
Hvala- thanks
(If you have not seen the intro please look here ociagov.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=uegdef&action=display&thread=1107)
Slovene is easy to spell and pronounce. Each letter is pronounced sperately and words are spelt as they are pronounced, this means that Slovene is a ‘phonetic’ language- a key differance in comparison to Germanic languages like english. There are some difficult sounds for native english speakers, and there are a few basic rules that should be observed for pronunciation. The alphabet has 25 letters:
a b c ^c d e f g h i j k l m n o p r s š t u v z ž
you will notice that although Slovene uses the latin alphabets letters several letters found in the English alphabet including q, w, x and y are not in the Slovene one and these letters are never used in Slovene unless they are referring to an English (or otherwise) word.
Vowels- the vowels are as follows
A as in artist
E as in bed
I as in meat
O as it not
U as in balloon
Letters absent from the English alphabet
^c like ch
Š like sh
Ž like s in leisure (almost similar to the french pronunciation of g )
Consonants
C like ts
G always hard like leg
H can occur anwyewhere and is ALWAYS fully pronounced like h in home but NOT like h in honest.
J like y in yes
L like l in leg. However at the end of words it is pronounced like w in now (or after consonants)
R always rolled
Š^C these two letters are often put together
V like very but like w in now only when its at the end of a word.
Stressing
Accents are not marked in the Slovene language and there is no real rule about stressing.
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Pogovori! (a dialogue)
Jani is an English student and has been taking Slovene classes so he can visit friends in Slovenia He goes to the Ljubljana Train Station and goes to get a cup of tea while he is waiting.
Natakarica: Dobro jutro!
Jani: Dobro jutro!
Natakarica: Prosim?
Jani: En ^caj, prosim
Natakarica: Izvolite! Tukaj je sladkor in mleko.
Jani: Hvala!
Now lets see what the two were saying:
Natakarica- waitress
Dobro jutro- good morning
Prosim- please
En ^caj- one tea
Izvolite- Here you go
Tukaj je- here is
Sladkor- sugar
In- and
Mleko- milk
Hvala- thanks
Task for Course students: Use this new vocauulary to create a sentence. This is due by Monday.