lesson 214 · grammar + 6 cards
the noun-heavy style · nominalni slog
how officialese works
Academic and official Slovene prefers nouns over verbs — 'after the review of the documents' instead of 'after we reviewed the documents'. Spotting the hidden verb helps you read bureaucracy. About six minutes.
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warm-up
· ogrevanje — the 10-second versionpo pregledu, z namenom izboljšanja
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grammar
· learn the rule🏛️
the noun-heavy style
· nominalni slogpo pregledu, z namenom izboljšanja
The nominal style turns verbs into nouns to sound formal and dense: po pregledu dokumentov (after the review of the documents) instead of ko smo pregledali …. It's everywhere in law, academia and administration. Reading it well means seeing the verb hidden inside the noun (pregled ← pregledati).
po pregleduafter the review (← pregledati)noun from verb
z namenom izboljšanjawith the aim of improving← izboljšati
ob upoštevanjutaking into account← upoštevati
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practice
· find the noun / verb0 ✓🧱Nominalni slog ima raje ___. 💡 samostalnike
The nominal style prefers…
✓ samostalnike — nouns over verbs
🔍'po pregledu' temelji na glagolu ___. 💡 pregledati
'po pregledu' is built on the verb…
✓ pregledati — the hidden verb
📈'z namenom ___' (improving) 💡 izboljšanja
with the aim of improving
✓ izboljšanja — verbal noun (genitive)
🏛️Nominalni slog zveni ___. 💡 uradno
The nominal style sounds…
✓ uradno — official / formal
⚖️'ob ___' (taking into account) 💡 upoštevanju
taking into account
✓ upoštevanju — verbal noun (locative)
📑Tak slog je značilen za ___ besedila. 💡 strokovna
Such a style is typical of … texts.
✓ strokovna — specialist / academic
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quick practice
· fast recall0 ✓fast recall — tap the match.
🧱nouns → ? 💡 samostalnike
✓ samostalnike — nouns over verbs
🔍to review → ? 💡 pregledati
✓ pregledati — the hidden verb
📈(of) improving → ? 💡 izboljšanja
✓ izboljšanja — verbal noun (genitive)
🏛️official (adv) → ? 💡 uradno
✓ uradno — official / formal
⚖️(in) taking into account → ? 💡 upoštevanju
✓ upoštevanju — verbal noun (locative)
📑specialist (n. pl) → ? 💡 strokovna
✓ strokovna — specialist / academic
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picture words
· see it, type it in Slovenetype the Slovene word for each picture — accents optional
🧱
nouns
🔍
to review
📈
(of) improving
🏛️
official (adv)
⚖️
(in) taking into account
📑
specialist (n. pl)
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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
🧱
samostalnike
sah-mos-TAHL-nee-keh
nouns
🔍
pregledati
preh-gleh-DAH-tee
to review
📈
izboljšanja
eez-bol-SHAH-nyah
(of) improving
🏛️
uradno
oo-RAHD-noh
official (adv)
⚖️
upoštevanju
oo-posh-teh-VAH-nyoo
(in) taking into account
📑
strokovna
STROH-koh-vnah
specialist (n. pl)
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