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A173 topics
- · Three Genders & How to Recognise Them
- · Adjective–Noun Agreement — Nominative
- · Adjective Agreement in the Dual
- · biti in the Dual — sva/sta
A265 topics
- · Comparative — Formation (-ši / -ejši / bolj)
- · Superlative — Formation (naj- + comparative)
- · Comparison: "than" (kot / od + genitive)
- · Irregular Comparison (dober→boljši, velik→večji)
B159 topics
- · Superlative of Adjectives
- · Comparative of Adjectives
- · Definite vs Indefinite Adjective
- · Conditional in the Dual
B259 topics
- · Definite vs Indefinite Adjective — Oblique Forms
- · Multiple Modifiers & Apposition in Cases
- · Dual — Mixed Gender & Form Neutralization
- · Dual in Subordinate Clauses with the Clitic Cluster
C132 topics
- · Genitive of Negation — Norm vs Eroding Accusative
- · Case Precision — Advanced & Idiomatic Choices
- · Complex Mood + Tense Interactions
- · Subtle Modal Nuance
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- Three Genders & How to Recognise Them
- Adjective–Noun Agreement — Nominative
- Adjective Agreement in the Dual
- biti in the Dual — sva/sta
- dva / dve + Noun (dual numeral)
- Present Dual Verbs (-va / -ta)
- Dual Noun Endings — Nominative (basic)
- Dual Personal Pronouns (midva, vidva, onadva)
- Dual Possessives (najin, vajin, njun)
- The Six-Case System — Overview
- Nominative Case — Subject & Citation
- No Articles (definiteness from context)
- Singular Case Endings — Overview by Gender
- Accusative Case — Direct Object (basic)
- Genitive for Possession
- Case Questions (kdo / kaj per case)
- Accusative + Masculine Animacy (acc = gen)
- Genitive Case — Introduction & Formation
- Dative Case — Introduction & Recipient
- The Slovene Alphabet (25 letters; č š ž)
- The Letters č, š, ž — Sound & Spelling
- The Soft Digraphs lj, nj
- Capitalization (lower-case days, months, adjectives)
- The Schwa Written e (pes / psa)
- Word-final / pre-consonant l → /w/
- Greetings (Dober dan, Živjo, Nasvidenje)
- Politeness Words (prosim, hvala, oprostite)
- ti vs vi (informal vs formal address)
- o + Locative (about)
- za + Accusative (for)
- v / na — Accusative (motion) vs Locative (place)
- z / s + Instrumental (with)
- od / do / iz + Genitive (from / to / out of)
- k / h + Dative (towards a person/place)
- Second-Position Clitics — Introduction
- Personal Pronouns — Nominative (sg/pl)
- Interrogatives kdo (who) vs kaj (what)
- Possessive Pronouns (moj, tvoj, naš…)
- Demonstratives ta / tisti (this / that)
- Question Words (kje, kam, kdaj, zakaj, kako)
- Clitic vs Full Personal Pronouns — Intro
- Indefinite & Negative Series — Intro
- Basic Word Order (SVO)
- Yes/No Questions (Ali…? / rising intonation)
- Wh-Questions (Kdo? Kaj? Kje? Kdaj?)
- Basic Sentence Negation (ne, double negation)
- Coordinating Conjunctions (in, a, ali, pa)
- Basic Subordinators (da, ker)
- Present for Near-Future & Habitual
- biti as Copula + Predicate Noun/Adjective
- iti (to go) — Present
- Modal Verb + Infinitive
- Reflexive se — Introduction
- Dative Experiencer — všeč mi je
- Aspect Awareness — Perfective ↔ Imperfective
- Motion: iti vs hoditi (go once vs habitually)
- The Verb biti (to be) — Present
- Verb Negation with ne
- Negation of biti (nisem, nisi, ni…)
- Present Tense — a-Conjugation (-am)
- Present Tense — i-Conjugation (-im)
- imeti (to have) — Present & Negation
- Present Tense — e-Conjugation (-em)
- hoteti (to want) — Present
- moči (can / be able) — Present
- morati (must / have to) — Present
- Time Words: teden, leto, ura
- Cardinal Numbers 1–100
- Days & Months (lower-case)
- dva/dve → Dual Government
- Telling Time — Basic (Koliko je ura?)
- Collective dvoje/troje + Pluralia Tantum
- Counting & Noun Government (1 / 2 / 3–4 / 5+)
- Comparative — Formation (-ši / -ejši / bolj)
- Superlative — Formation (naj- + comparative)
- Comparison: "than" (kot / od + genitive)
- Irregular Comparison (dober→boljši, velik→večji)
- Comparison of Adverbs (hitro→hitreje)
- Definite vs Indefinite Adjective (lep / lepi)
- Adjective Agreement in the Plural
- Adjective Agreement in the Oblique Cases
- Aspect — The Perfective/Imperfective Concept
- Recognising Aspect Pairs (pisati/napisati)
- Perfectivisation by Prefix (pisati → napisati)
- Imperfectivisation by Suffix — Intro (dati/dajati)
- Aspect in the Past (delal sem vs naredil sem)
- Aspect with the Imperative (Pij! vs Spij!)
- Genitive — Possession & Quantity
- Genitive of Negation (ni denarja)
- Dative — Recipient & Experiencer
- Locative — Always with a Preposition
- Instrumental — Means & Accompaniment
- Plural Nominative by Gender (-i / -e / -a)
- Full Singular Declension Across All Cases
- Genitive Plural (-ov / -∅ / fleeting e)
- Dative/Locative/Instrumental Plural (-om/-ah/-i)
- L-Participle Dual in the Past (midva sva delala)
- Future Dual (bova/bosta delala)
- Dual Imperative (delajva, delajta)
- Dual Possessives (najin, vajin, njun)
- dva / dve in Genitive & Dative (dveh, dvema)
- Stressed (Full) Pronoun Forms in Oblique Cases
- Indefinite & Negative Pronouns (nekdo/nihče, nekaj/nič)
- kateri (which) vs kakšen (what kind)
- Reflexive Possessive svoj
- Dative Prepositions (k/h, proti)
- More Genitive Prepositions (brez, do, iz, od, blizu)
- Locative Prepositions (v, na, pri, o, po)
- Instrumental Prepositions (s/z, pred, nad, pod, med)
- Two-Case v / na — Accusative (motion) vs Locative (place)
- Accusative Clitic Pronouns (me, te, ga, jo)
- Dative Clitic Pronouns (mi, ti, mu, ji, nam)
- Reflexive Clitics se / si
- Second-Position Clitic Cluster & Ordering
- Obligatory Double Negation (ni-words + ne)
- Indirect Questions — Introduction (Ne vem, kje je)
- Basic Subordinators (da, ker, ko, če)
- Cause & Concession (ker, zato, čeprav)
- Prepositional Vocalisation (s/z, k/h, v/na)
- Ordinal Numbers (prvi, drugi, tretji)
- Dates & Telling Time (Koliko je ura? ob, pol)
- Cardinal Numbers — Government (en+sg, dva→dual, 5+ →gen pl)
- potrebovati (to need) + Accusative
- Modal Verbs + Infinitive (morati, moči, hoteti)
- Reflexive Verbs with se / si
- "to like" with všeč + Dative
- Motion: iti vs hoditi (go once vs habitually)
- Supine — Introduction (grem spat)
- Supine vs Infinitive — Contrast
- Perfect Past — Formation (l-participle + biti)
- Perfect — Negation (nisem delal)
- The bom-Future — Formation
- bom-Future — Negation & Uses
- Imperative — 1pl "Let's…" (Delajmo!)
- L-Participle Gender & Number Agreement
- Perfect — Auxiliary Placement & 3sg je after se
- Imperative — 2sg & 2pl (Delaj! Delajte!)
- Modal Verbs — Conjugation (morati, moči, hoteti)
- Superlative of Adjectives
- Comparative of Adjectives
- Definite vs Indefinite Adjective
- Conditional in the Dual
- Dual Pronouns in Oblique Cases
- Dual in the Oblique Cases
- Dual Adjective Agreement Across Cases
- Collective Numerals dvoje/troje & the Pluralia-Tantum Trap
- The Aspect System — Perfective vs Imperfective
- Perfectivisation by Prefix
- Aspect in the Past Tense
- Aspect in the bom-Future
- Aspect in the Conditional
- Aspect with Phase & Modal Verbs
- Secondary Imperfectivisation
- Prefix Meanings & Aktionsart
- Genitive-Governing Verbs
- Dative-Governing Verbs
- Instrumental-Governing Verbs
- Dative — Experiencer, Benefactive & Possessive
- Genitive — Partitive & Temporal Uses
- Locative vs Accusative — Location vs Goal
- Case in Apposition & Titles
- Genitive of Negation — Full Treatment
- Additive & Adversative Connectors
- Paired (Correlative) Connectors
- Cause & Consequence Connectors
- Temporal Connectors — Advanced
- The Word-Final/Pre-Consonant l → /w/
- Prepositional Vocalisation & k→h
- Comma Before Subordinate Clauses
- Word Formation — Basic Suffixes
- Relative Clauses with ki
- Relative kar & kdor
- Indefinite & Negative Pronoun Series
- Relative kateri — Declined
- The Question Particle li
- Reflexive se / si Inside the Cluster
- The 2nd-Position Clitic Cluster — Full Order
- Auxiliary vs se Placement (the je Exception)
- Reported Speech
- Indirect Questions
- Purpose Clauses (da / da bi)
- Concessive Clauses
- Word Order for Emphasis
- Conditional Sentences — Real vs Unreal
- Motion: peljati vs voziti (transport)
- Prefixed Motion Verbs
- The Supine after Motion Verbs
- Modal Verbs — Full System
- Impersonal Constructions
- Reflexive se — Types
- Choosing Aspect in Past Narrative
- Verb Government with Prepositions
- The Conditional (bi + l-participle)
- The l-Participle — Forms & Agreement
- The Passive Participle (-n / -t)
- The be-Passive (biti + passive participle)
- The se-Passive / Impersonal
- Definite vs Indefinite Adjective — Oblique Forms
- Multiple Modifiers & Apposition in Cases
- Dual — Mixed Gender & Form Neutralization
- Dual in Subordinate Clauses with the Clitic Cluster
- Dual with Higher & Compound Numerals
- Habitual & Iterative Aspect
- Aspect in the Negative Imperative
- Biaspectual Verbs
- Aktionsart — Sub-Event Types
- General-Factual Imperfective
- Aspect in Infinitive & Subordinate Clauses
- Aspect Gaps — Tantum Verbs
- Prefix Semantics — Advanced
- Telicity & Aspect
- Animacy — Advanced
- Dative & Locative — Advanced Uses
- Genitive — Advanced
- Instrumental — Advanced
- Case in Numeral Phrases
- li Placement — Advanced
- Common Clitic-Order Errors & Fixes
- Clitic Cluster in Subordinate Clauses
- Proclisis, Enclisis & Sentence-Initial Constraints
- Long Clitic Clusters & Stacking
- je / se Interaction & Final je
- Clitics with Negation, Modals & Infinitive
- Concession — Advanced
- Discourse Markers
- Reformulation & Addition
- Voicing Assimilation in Spelling
- Final l→/w/ and Movable Schwa in Inflection
- Sound Alternations in Derivation
- Regional Variation — Recognition
- Register & Formality Levels
- Spoken vs Written Slovene — Full Features
- Text-Structuring Connectors
- Word Order — Stylistic Inversion
- Cleft & Focus Constructions
- Fronting & Information Structure
- Nominalization & Clause Compression
- Relative Clauses — Oblique ki/kateri
- Reported Speech — Direct↔Indirect (advanced)
- Participial / Gerund-like Clause Reduction
- Verb Government — Advanced (case + preposition)
- Impersonal Predicates — Advanced
- Infinitive & Supine Constructions — Advanced
- Modal Nuance — morati / moči / smeti / naj
- Reflexive vs Passive vs Impersonal se — Contrast
- Mood Overview — Indicative / Imperative / Conditional
- Conditional in Polite & Reported Use
- Pluperfect (predpreteklik) — Literary Note
- Present Adverbial Participle (deležje na -č/-aje)
- Past Adverbial Participle (deležje na -vši)
- Active & Passive Participles as Modifiers
- Participial Passive (biti + trpni deležnik)
- Se-Passive vs Participial Passive — Choice
- Tense Sequence in Complex Sentences
- Word Formation — Advanced Suffixes
- Prefixation & Prefixed Word Families
- Genitive of Negation — Norm vs Eroding Accusative
- Case Precision — Advanced & Idiomatic Choices
- Complex Mood + Tense Interactions
- Subtle Modal Nuance
- Aspect in Discourse & Narrative Cohesion
- Secondary Imperfectives — Stylistic Nuance
- Subtle Aspect — Minimal Pairs & Register
- Dual in Fixed & Substantivized Expressions
- Dual: Standard vs Eroded (fem/neut neutralisation)
- Clitic Placement in Complex Sentences
- The Naslonka Cluster — Full Ordering & je-after-se
- Emphasis & Focus Constructions
- Subject Omission & Pro-Drop — Advanced
- Dislocation, Afterthought & Ellipsis
- Information Structure & Marked Word Order
- Participial & Verbal-Adverb Constructions
- Nominalization & Clause Compression
- Argumentation Connectors
- Advanced Cohesion & Reference
- Correlative & Multi-Part Connectors
- Discourse Particles — Advanced
- Evidentiality & Stance
- Genre-Specific Cohesion
- Journalistic Style
- Official & Administrative Slovene
- Colloquial vs Standard — Register Shifting
- Register-Based Synonym Choice
- Irony, Understatement & Litotes
- Literary & Archaic Awareness
- Word Formation — Rival Suffixes & Nuance
- Prefixation Semantics & Compounding
- Idioms & Set Constructions
What the slovenian guide covers
Cases (34) · Verb tenses (34) · Aspect (28) · Verb usage (27) · Syntax (26) · Dual (21) · Clitics (18) · Connectors (17) · Agreement (16) · Pronouns (15) · Orthography (13) · Register (12) · Prepositions (11) · Numbers dates time (9) · Vocabulary usage (7)
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