Slovene is not as easy as it seems and it can be COMPLICATED - KOMPLICIRANO, especially when you consider all the different dialects it has. Neighbour Jože was not speaking CHINESE - KITAJŠČINA, nor HUNGARIAN – MADŽARŠČINA, and it was definitely no PARROT – PAPIGA language. Short – mostly two-syllable words - are often used in many Slovene dialects, including in ŠTAJERŠČINA – STYRIAN. And some of the phrases neighbour Jože used were:
KI SI TI? – WHERE ARE YOU?,
KA TE VEM – I DON'T KNOW,
KI TE TO JE? – WHERE'S THAT?,
NI NEKE HICE – IT'S NOT THAT HOT,
DAJ NEHI NO – PLEASE, STOP IT,
MAMO MI TO – WE'VE GOT THIS, and
KA TE ČEŠ – WELL, WHAT CAN YOU DO.
TE PA TAK – OK THEN.
