lesson 211 · grammar + 6 cards
formal or casual? · register
choosing the right tone
At C1 you control register — the level of formality. The same thing is said one way to a friend and another to a stranger or in a letter. Map the casual to the formal. About six minutes.
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warm-up
· ogrevanje — the 10-second versionživjo vs pozdravljeni · ti vs vi
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grammar
· learn the rule🎩
formal or casual?
· registerživjo vs pozdravljeni · ti vs vi
Register is the level of formality. Address: ti (informal) vs vi (formal/polite). Greetings: živjo (casual) vs pozdravljeni / dober dan (formal). Requests: daj (blunt) vs bi vas prosil (polite). Choosing the right one signals respect and reads as native.
Kako si? → Kako ste?How are you? (casual → formal)ti → vi
Živjo → PozdravljeniHi → Hello (formal)greeting
Daj → IzvoliteHere / go on → here you are (polite)request
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practice
· give the formal version0 ✓👋Živjo → ___ 💡 Pozdravljeni
Hi → (formal hello)
✓ Pozdravljeni — formal greeting
🤝Kako si? → ___? 💡 Kako ste
How are you? (formal)
✓ Kako ste — ti → vi
🤲Daj! → ___ 💡 Izvolite
Give! → here you are (polite)
✓ Izvolite — polite offer
🚪Čav → ___ 💡 Nasvidenje
Bye → (formal goodbye)
✓ Nasvidenje — formal goodbye
🙇Formal 'you' is ___. 💡 vi
The polite 'you' is…
✓ vi — vi = polite/formal
✉️Formal letter opens with ___. 💡 Spoštovani
A formal letter opens with…
✓ Spoštovani — Spoštovani = Dear Sir/Madam
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quick practice
· fast recall0 ✓fast recall — tap the match.
👋hello (formal) → ? 💡 Pozdravljeni
✓ Pozdravljeni — formal greeting
🤝how are you (formal) → ? 💡 Kako ste
✓ Kako ste — ti → vi
🤲here you are (polite) → ? 💡 Izvolite
✓ Izvolite — polite offer
🚪goodbye (formal) → ? 💡 Nasvidenje
✓ Nasvidenje — formal goodbye
🙇you (formal) → ? 💡 vi
✓ vi — vi = polite/formal
✉️respected (formal) → ? 💡 Spoštovani
✓ Spoštovani — Spoštovani = Dear Sir/Madam
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unscramble
· rebuild the Slovene wordthe letters are jumbled — type the correct Slovene word
j o n a z e r i v l P d
hello (formal)
a o k s e K t
how are you (formal)
v l I e i t o z
here you are (polite)
n s v d a N j i e e
goodbye (formal)
i v
you (formal)
p n v t a S o i š o
respected (formal)
🎴
memory match
· pair Slovene with English0 pairstap two cards to find a matching pair — clear the board
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cards
· drill the wordstap a card to flip · 6 cards
👋
Pozdravljeni
poz-drahv-LYEH-nee
hello (formal)
🤝
Kako ste
KAH-koh steh
how are you (formal)
🤲
Izvolite
ee-ZVOH-lee-teh
here you are (polite)
🚪
Nasvidenje
nahs-VEE-deh-nyeh
goodbye (formal)
🙇
vi
vee
you (formal)
✉️
Spoštovani
sposh-toh-VAH-nee
respected (formal)
lesson complete! 🎉
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