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Interslavic Vocabulary

Verbs are imperfective first then the perfective, stem changes are in parentheses as the 3rd person singular (on, ona, ono). 

be - byti

there is - je (pl. sut)

have - imeti

do - delati / sdelati

go - idti (ide) / pojdti (pojde)

want - hoteti (hoče)

can - mogti

need - potrebovati

think - mysliti

know - znati

say - govoriti / skazati

like - ljubiti

speak - govoriti

learn - učiti se / naučiti se

understand - razumeti / srazumeti

Conjunctions

that (as in “I think that…” or “the woman that…”) - že

and - i

or - ili

but - no

because - ibo

though - ače

so (meaning “therefore”; e.g. “I wanted it, so I bought it”) - itak

if - jestli

Prepositions

of - od (genitive)

to - k (dative)

from - iz (genetive)

in - v (accusative)

at (a place) - u (genetive)

at (a time) - na (accusative)

with - c (instrumentive)

about - o (locative)

like (meaning “similar to”) - kako

for (warning, this one has several meanings that you need to take care of) - dlja

before (also as a conjunction) - pred (accusative)

after (also as a conjunction) - pozad (locative)

during - podčas (instrumentive)

Question Words

who - kto

what - čto

where - kde

when - kogda

why - začto, čemu

how - kako

how much - koliko

which - ktory

Adverbs

a lot - mnogo

a little - nemnogo

well - dobro

badly - zlo

only - doprva

also - tož

very - velje

too (as in “too tall”) - pre-

too much - premnogo

so (as in “so tall”) - tako

so much - xx

more (know how to say “more … than …”) - vyše

less (know how to say “less … than …”) - menje

as … as … (e.g. “as tall as”) - xxx

most - naj-

least - najmenje

better - lepje

best - najlepje

worse - gorše

worst - najgorše

now - sejčas

then - potom

here - tu

there - tam

maybe - može

always - vsegda

usually - obyčno

often - često

sometimes - ponekogda, časom

never - nikogda

today - dnes

yesterday - včera

tomorrow - zautra

soon - skoro

almost - bliz

already - uže

still - ješče

even - ješče

enough - dost

Adjectives

the, a (technically articles)- xxx

this - toj (ta, to)

that - toj (ta, to)

good - dobry

bad - loši, nedobry

all - ves (vsa, vse)

some - nekoj

no - ne

any - koj-nebud

many - mnogy

few - nemnogy

most - naj-

other - drugy

same - jednaky

different - različny

enough - dost

one - jedin

two - dva

a few - nemnogy

first - prvy

next - sledny

last (meaning “past”, e.g. “last Friday”) - prošly

last (meaning “final”) - konečny

easy - legky

hard - trudny

early - rany

late - pozdny

important - važny

interesting - interesny

fun - veselje

boring - dosadny

beautiful - krasivy

big - veliky

small - maly

happy - ščestny

sad - smutny

busy - zajety

excited - vozbudlivy

tired - umorjeny

ready - gotovy

favorite - omiljeny

new - novy

right (meaning “correct”) - pravy (to be right - imeti pravdu)

wrong - nepravy

true - vemy

Pronouns

Know them in the subject (“I”), direct object (“me”), indirect object (“to me”), and possessive (“my”) forms.

I - ja (mene, mne, mene)

you - ty (tebe, tobe, tebe)

she - ona (ju, jej, jej)

he - on (jego, jemu, jego)

it - ono (jego, jemu, jego)

we - my (nas, nam, nas)

you (plural) - vy (vas, vam, vas)

they - oni (jih, jim, jih)

Nouns

everything - vsečto

something - nečto

nothing - ničto

everyone - vsekto

someone - nekto

no one - nikto

(name of the language you’re studying) - medžuslovjansky

English - anglijsky

thing - več

person - osoba

place - mesto

time (as in “a long time”) - vreme

time (as in “I did it 3 times”) - po

friend - prijatelj

woman - žena

man - muž

money - penezy

country - kraj

(name of your home country) - xx

city - veliky grad

language - jezyk

word - slovo

food - jeda

house - dom

store - magazin

office - ofis

company - firma

manager - menedžer

coworker - surabotnik

job - rabota

work (as in “I have a lot of work to do”) - rabota

problem - problem

question - vopros

idea - ideja

life - žitje

world - svet

day - denj

year - god

week - tydenj

month - mesec

hour - časina

mother, father, parent - matka, otec, roditelj

daughter, son, child - dočera, syn, dete

wife, husband - žena, muž

girlfriend, boyfriend - prijateljka, prijatelj

More Verbs

work (as in a person working) - rabotati

work (meaning “to function”, e.g. “the TV works”) - funkcionovati

see - videti (vidi) / uvideti (uvidi)

use - upotrebjati / upotrebiti

should - dolžny

believe - veriti / uveriti

practice - praktikovati

seem - sdavati se

come - prihoditi / prijdti (prijde)

leave - odhoditi / odidti

return - vračati / vraziti

give - davati / dati

take - brati (bere) / vzeti (vozme)

bring - prinositi / prinesti

look for - iskati (išče) / poiskati (poišče)

find - nahoditi / najdti

get (meaning “obtain”) - dobyvati / dobyti

receive - prijmati / prijeti (prijme)

buy - kupovati / kupiti

try - probovati / poprobovati

start - počinati / početi (počne)

stop (doing something) - prestavati / prestati

finish - končati / zakončiti

continue - trvati / potrvati

wake up - bdeti (bdi)

get up - vstavati / vstati

eat - jesti (je) / sjesti (sje)

eat breakfast (in several languages, this is a verb) - zautrakati

eat lunch - obedati

eat dinner - večerjati

happen - byvati 

feel - Čuti

create (aka “make”) - stvarjati / stvoriti

cause (aka “make”) - pričinjati / pričiniti 

meet (meeting someone for the first time) -  strečati / stresti (strete)

meet (meaning “to bump into”) - xx

meet (an arranged meeting) - xx

ask (a question) - prositi / poprositi

ask for (aka “request”) - poprositi (perfective)

wonder - razmysljati / razmysliti

reply - odgovarjati / odgovoriti

mean - značiti

read - čitati / pročitati

write - pisati (piše) / napisati (napiše)

listen - slušati / poslušati

hear - slyšati (slyši) / uslyšati 

remember - pomněti (pomni) 

forget - zabezpamečati / zabezpametiti

choose - izbirati / izbrati (izbere) 

decide - rešati / rešiti 

be born - roditi se / uroditi se

die -  umirati / umreti (umre)

kill - ubivati - ubiti 

live - žiti (žive)

stay - ostavati / ostati (ostane)

change - izmenjati / izmeniti

help - pomagati / pomogti

send - slati (slje) / poslati (poslje)

study - učiti se

improve - ulepšati / ulepšiti

hope -  nadejati se (nadeje) 

care - dbati