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a Pavletić, Klara Šumenjak, and Jana Volk
3. Time: at the level a2 only the basic forms of time expressions are in-
cluded, e.g. 10.45 is ten and forty-five minutes (sl. deset in petinštiri-
deset minut), but not fifteen minutes to eleven (sl. petnajst minut do
enajste) or a quarter to eleven (sl. četrt do enajste);
4. Abbreviations of academic titles: masculine and feminine forms of aca-
demic titles are learned (e.g. lektor and lektorica, asistent and asisten-
tka);
5. Seasons: emphasises the distinction between nouns e.g. winter (sl.
zima) (what) and adverbs, e.g. in the winter (sl. pozimi) (when);
6. Holidays: as part of recycling, users are asked to discover the dates of
important holidays in Slovenia and identify the difference between
various forms: What is the date today? Today is the Eighth of Febru-
ary. On which day do we celebrate Prešeren’s Day? Prešeren’s Day is
celebrated on the Eighth of February. (sl. Kateri dan je danes? Danes
je osmi februar. Katerega dne praznujemo Prešernov dan? Prešernov dan
praznujemo osmega februarja.)
The level b1 contains 89 exercises that expand exercises at level a1 and
a2 in terms of content and grammar, while also focusing on more difficult
grammatical issues and peculiarities of the Slovenian language. Sample ex-
ercises show peculiarities in word stress, use of the dual, and the two possi-
ble case forms in the declension of names of countries and regions ending
with suffixes -ska or -ška. Sentences used can be slightly longer, within the
technical possibilities of the app, but still comprehensible for users who
had already gained level a 2 proficiency. The level b 1 exercises can be of
various types, but multiple-choice and type-in exercises predominate. The
level b1 exercises include the following topics:
1. Users/learners of Slovenian definitely have the most problems mas-
tering the dual forms. b 1 exercises, therefore, expand their knowl-
edge from levels a 1 and a 2 by introducing the use of verbs in the
dual form for all three genders and persons, in the affirmative and
negative forms. The exercises include names of Slovenian and Euro-
pean cities and nationals, thus linking to the vocabulary at levels a1
and a2.
2. At the beginner’s level, users only learn regular forms of declensions
for nouns of masculine, feminine and neuter gender. The intermediate
level also includes irregularities, e.g. the feminine nouns doktor with
-j- (doktorja), deletion of schwa in the noun minister (written with
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3. Time: at the level a2 only the basic forms of time expressions are in-
cluded, e.g. 10.45 is ten and forty-five minutes (sl. deset in petinštiri-
deset minut), but not fifteen minutes to eleven (sl. petnajst minut do
enajste) or a quarter to eleven (sl. četrt do enajste);
4. Abbreviations of academic titles: masculine and feminine forms of aca-
demic titles are learned (e.g. lektor and lektorica, asistent and asisten-
tka);
5. Seasons: emphasises the distinction between nouns e.g. winter (sl.
zima) (what) and adverbs, e.g. in the winter (sl. pozimi) (when);
6. Holidays: as part of recycling, users are asked to discover the dates of
important holidays in Slovenia and identify the difference between
various forms: What is the date today? Today is the Eighth of Febru-
ary. On which day do we celebrate Prešeren’s Day? Prešeren’s Day is
celebrated on the Eighth of February. (sl. Kateri dan je danes? Danes
je osmi februar. Katerega dne praznujemo Prešernov dan? Prešernov dan
praznujemo osmega februarja.)
The level b1 contains 89 exercises that expand exercises at level a1 and
a2 in terms of content and grammar, while also focusing on more difficult
grammatical issues and peculiarities of the Slovenian language. Sample ex-
ercises show peculiarities in word stress, use of the dual, and the two possi-
ble case forms in the declension of names of countries and regions ending
with suffixes -ska or -ška. Sentences used can be slightly longer, within the
technical possibilities of the app, but still comprehensible for users who
had already gained level a 2 proficiency. The level b 1 exercises can be of
various types, but multiple-choice and type-in exercises predominate. The
level b1 exercises include the following topics:
1. Users/learners of Slovenian definitely have the most problems mas-
tering the dual forms. b 1 exercises, therefore, expand their knowl-
edge from levels a 1 and a 2 by introducing the use of verbs in the
dual form for all three genders and persons, in the affirmative and
negative forms. The exercises include names of Slovenian and Euro-
pean cities and nationals, thus linking to the vocabulary at levels a1
and a2.
2. At the beginner’s level, users only learn regular forms of declensions
for nouns of masculine, feminine and neuter gender. The intermediate
level also includes irregularities, e.g. the feminine nouns doktor with
-j- (doktorja), deletion of schwa in the noun minister (written with
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