3rd Edition

Colloquial Slovene The Complete Course for Beginners

By Marta Pirnat-Greenberg Copyright 2026
364 Pages 32 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

364 Pages 32 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

364 Pages 32 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

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... Read more

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

Biography

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.