Colloquial Slovene

Colloquial Slovene: The Complete Course for Beginners has been carefully developed by an experienced teacher to provide a step-by-step course to Slovene as it is written and spoken today. This third edition includes updated content, language, and texts, additional exercises, and new audio.

Marta Pirnat-Greenberg is Lecturer Emerita at the University of Kansas, USA. A native of Slovenia, she has taught Slovene to American students for most of her career, including more than 20 years at the University of Kansas.

Introduction Acknowledgments Abbreviations and symbols Pronunciation guide 1. Welcome to Slovenia 2. Family and language 3. What do you do? 4. The city and errands 5. May I help you? 6. Schedules 7. Bon appétit! 8. More about relatives 9. By car or by train? 10. Houses and apartments 11. Weekend plans 12. Around Ljubljana 13. Culture and entertainment 14. Clothes make the man 15. Body and health 16. To Upper Carniola or towards the coast? Grammar summary Key to exercises Slovene-English glossary English-Slovene glossary Index