Pronounciation

Question 1

A

Answer 1

a like in far or father
or u in bucks, bucket
(American English)

other language examples:
a in Spanish, Italian and German

Question 2

B

Answer 2

same as b in English

Question 3

C

Answer 3

Like ts in:
bats, tsar, oats

Question 4

Č

Answer 4

like ch in chair

Question 5

D

Answer 5

like d in English

Question 6

E

Answer 6

Like the e in German, Spanish and Italian

in English:
like e in Mexico, Texas

Question 7

F

Answer 7

like f in English

Question 8

G

Answer 8

like g in German

In English:

Always pronounced like g in Gary, green, gas

Question 9

H

Answer 9

like h in English

or maybe like kh(?)

just pronounce it like h

Question 10

I (i)

Answer 10

like in Spanish, German, Italian

In English:
ee sound: like in see
in other words
ea sound: like in tea

or think of the ea in ease

Question 11

J

Answer 11

Like in German,

like y in yolk,
y in yard,
y in your

Question 12

K

Answer 12

like in English

Question 13

L

Answer 13

Like in English

Question 14

M

Answer 14

Like in English

Question 15

N

Answer 15

Like in English

Question 16

O

Answer 16

Like in German, Spanish, Italian

In English:
o in both,
o in so,
o in more

Question 17

P

Answer 17

Like in English

Question 18

R

Answer 18

The pronounciation of this letter isn’t present in typical English,

except in posh British or maybe in the trans-atlantic accent, maybe even in Irish or Scottish English

it’s the rolled r

Think of how Russians and Spanish folks pronounce r

Question 19

S

Answer 19

Always like s in:
- so
- mass
- nest
- must
- fiest

Question 20

Š

Answer 20

the sh sound
like in:
- shoe
- shore
- shall

Question 21

T

Answer 21

Like in English

Question 22

U

Answer 22

Always like oo in
book
(American English)

or
oo in:
- moose
- loose

u in:
- use

Question 23

V

Answer 23

Always like the v in
visa, vortex, vice

Question 24

Z

Answer 24

like in English
z

Question 25

Ž

Answer 25

like in the French greeting bonjour,
the j sound

not like g in George

Question 26

Combination DŽ

Answer 26

dž is pronounced like g in George
or j in joker or ninja

Question 27

There are a few extra rules:

priimek has two i’s

2. How is x written?
3. the L at the end of a word!!
   What’s the big deal with it?

Answer 27

don’t say primek, say pri imek
but pronounce it like one word

2. X is written ks in Slovenian
3. The L at the end of the word:
   This is difficult for some folks, I don’t know why.

Okay, so
example: jédel (=have eaten)
here you don’t pronounce each letter like you just learned in this deck.
Here you have to pronounce the l (L) at the end like a Slovenian u

jédeu

The same rule applies to v
medev
you pronounce v at the end like u

Are there exceptions?
Probably: the name Mendel

for Slovenian words there is a solution to words that end with an L pronounciation: lj

buhtelj

Exception to the L rule:
I guess if anyone writes buhtel instead of buhtelj, someone may assume it’s either from a dialect or just bad spelling. If they can identify what word it is, they know it’s pronounced with an L at the end