Slovene edit

Etymology edit

From slovénski +‎ -ina.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /slɔʋèːnʃt͡ʃina/

Noun edit

slovẹ́nščina f

  1. Slovene, Slovenian (language)
    Slovenščina je južnoslovanski jezik z okoli 2,2 milijonoma govorcev po svetu, od katerih jih večina živi v Sloveniji.
    Slovenian is a South-Slavic language with around 2.2 million speakers in the world, of which the majority lives in Slovenia.

Usage notes edit

The noun form is generally used only as the subject of a sentence. In the predicate, the adverbial form slovénsko is used.

Inflection edit

 
The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
Feminine, a-stem
nominative slovénščina
genitive slovénščine
singular
nominative
(imenovȃlnik)
slovénščina
genitive
(rodȋlnik)
dative
(dajȃlnik)
accusative
(tožȋlnik)
locative
(mẹ̑stnik)
slovénščini
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik)
slovénščino

Related terms edit

Further reading edit

  • slovenščina”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran