The title of the collection by Žarko Petan published in 1999 is Svet v enem stavku (The World in One Sentence). It is a pithy definition for an aphorism.
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Read More →Idrija located in the western Primorska region, is the oldest mining town in Slovenia, renowned for the second largest mercury mine in the world, and elegant white lace.
Read More →Topic: The Freising Manuscripts (in Slovenian Brižinski spomeniki or Brižinski rokopisi)
Read More →Slovenian Landmarks – Utrinki iz Slovenije, by Boštjan Burger, is a massive panaromic virtual guide of Slovenia, of 4000 panoramas and over 7000 photos, of the cultural and natural heritage…
Read More →The cultivation of wine, ‘Vitis vinifera’ is in evidence at 3,500BC. in Shiraz of ancient Persia. In Slovenia wine was made 2,400 years ago depicted on situla dated 6BC, found in Vače…
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Maribor is the second largest city of Slovenia, with population of 133,000, capital of Štajerska region. Maribor is located at the centre of five geographic regions, along the Drava River…
Nearly a third of adult Slovenes pursue an active leisure weekly, including: skiing, walking, horseriding, cycling, canoeing, kayaking, and paragliding. Adrenaline sports are popular…
The system of education in Slovenia is based on principles of democracy, autonomy and equal opportunities. The constitution regulates the fundamental rights in the sphere of education…
Idrija located in the western Primorska region, is the oldest mining town in Slovenia, renowned for the second largest mercury mine in the world, and elegant white lace.
Bled is a prominent resort area; located in Gorenjska region at the Julian Alps. It is spectacular for scenery and the emerald-green lake with island, Blejski otok, site of Church of the Assumption…
Slovenian cuisine is diverse for the six topographical areas of the country. A great variety of traditional dishes from the countryside, and also evolved from a highly stratified society…
The Ministry of Health engages in: health improvement, health programmes, health inspectorate, WHO liaison office, national chemical bureau, health promotion, health care system…
The cultivation of wine, ‘Vitis vinifera’ is in evidence at 3,500BC. in Shiraz of ancient Persia. In Slovenia wine was made 2,400 years ago depicted on situla dated 6BC, found in Vače…
Slovenian Landmarks – Utrinki iz Slovenije, by Boštjan Burger, is a massive panaromic virtual guide of Slovenia, of 4000 panoramas and over 7000 photos, of the cultural and natural heritage…
Slovenia is the home of karstology, speleology, and speleobiology. The Kras region is a prominent cave research area. Slovenian words are used in the study of caves: dolina, polje, and ponor…
Self-study slovenian language materials
Numerous courses for study of Slovenian language, are provided by the University of Ljubljana, at The Center for Slovene as a Second/Foreign Language, Faculty of Arts. Applicants have a choice of short courses, a half-year course, short winter and summer school, personal tuition, and the annual full year course.
The summary of outcomes and assesment tasks
CSF Course Outline tables showing objectives, outcomes and general instructions to the course.
As in English, stress in Slovenian can fall on any syllable of a word : máti(mother); govorìti (to speak); zakaj (why). In the vocabularies the stress is always marked. In diferent forms of the same word, the stress occurs quite on different syllables: nosìti – nósim, móž – možÃ¡, člôvek – človèka. A few words have no stress whatsoever.
