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About this book
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.
Combining a clear, practical and accessible style with a methodical and thorough treatment of the language, it equips learners with the essential skills needed to communicate confidently and effectively in Slovene in a broad range of situations. Each unit presents a wealth of grammatical points that are reinforced with a wide range of exercises for regular practice.
Key features include:
- A clear, user-friendly format designed to help learners progressively build up their speaking, listening, reading and writing skills
- Jargon-free, succinct and clearly structured explanations of grammar
- An extensive range of focused and dynamic supportive exercises
- Realistic and entertaining dialogues covering a broad variety of narrative situations
- Helpful cultural points explaining the customs and features of life in Slovenia
- An overview of the sounds of Slovene
Balanced, comprehensive and rewarding, Colloquial Slovene is an indispensable resource both for independent learners and students taking courses in Slovene. No prior knowledge of the language is required.
Audio material to accompany the course is available to download free in MP3 format from www.routledge.com/cw/colloquials. Recorded by native speakers, the audio material features the dialogues and texts from the book and will help develop your listening and pronunciation skills.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Series
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Introduction
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations and symbols
- Pronunciation guide
- 1 DobrodoŔli v Sloveniji Welcome to Slovenia
- 2 Družina in jezik Family and language
- 3 Kaj delate? What do you do?
- 4 Mesto in opravki The city and errands
- 5 Želite, prosim? May I help you?
- 6 Urniki Schedules
- 7 Dober tek! Bon appƩtit!
- 8 Å e o sorodnikih More about relatives
- 9 Z avtom ali vlakom? By car or by train?
- 10 HiŔe in stanovanja Houses and apartments
- 11 NaÄrti za vikend Weekend plans
- 12 Po Ljubljani Around Ljubljana
- 13 Kultura in zabava Culture and entertainment
- 14 Obleka naredi Äloveka Clothes make the man
- 15 Telo in zdravje Body and health
- 16 Na Gorenjsko ali proti morju? To Upper Carniola or towards the coast?
- Grammar summary
- Key to exercises
- SloveneāEnglish glossary
- English-Slovene glossary
- Index