Quick-Slavic: communicate with 400 million Slavic speakers in two weeks.

Basics of a Simplified Slavic Language

Here are the basics of a quick and simple communication with some 400 million Slavic
speakers around the world. SLOVIO is the universal simplified Slavic language
understood from the Mediterranean and the Balkans through Northern, Central and
Eastern Europe, through Central and Northern Asia to the Pacific far-East. For more
detailed grammar and vocabulary please visit the website:
www.slovio.com

Basic spelling and pronunciation

Slovio is practically 100% phonetic language, you pronounce all letters always the same
way, no matter what is in front or after them.

Slovio uses standard Latin alphabet, in other words the same alphabet as English, and
which can by typed and read on just about every computer in the world:

a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z

However of the above letters (except for foreign name and words) usually only the
following 26 letters/combinations are being used:

a b c cx d e f g gx h i j k l m n o p r s sx t u v z zx

cx - as English "ch" in cheese

sx - as English "sh" in ship
zx - as English "s" in usual , pleasure
gx - as English "g" in general, giant
c - as English "ts" in cats
g - as English "g" in gorilla, get, give
j - as English "y" in yes, yeast
h - more or less as English “h“ or as spanish “j“
other consonants more or less as in English
Vowels: a, e, i, o, u - more or less as in Italian, Spanish, Polish or German.

License: Users are free to print out this quick-manual (unchanged) for their own use.

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The basic word forms:

Nouns can have any form and can begin or end with any vowel or consonant.
Verbs normally end with –t
Adjectives normally end with –ju (-yu)
Adverbs usually end with –uo (-wo)

Basic pronouns:

Who? Whom? Whose?

ja I mne me moi my, mine
ti you te you tvoi your, yours
on he jeg him jegoi his
ona she onaf her onai her, hers
ono it onof it onoi its
mi we nams us nasx our, ours
vi you vams you vasx your, yours
oni they onif them onivoi their, theirs

English “you“ can be translated either as “ti“ or “vi“. The first variant is the singular form,
the second variant is the plural or polite form.)

Basic words:

Follow basic questions and words.

ktor which? taktor that
kto who? takto that’s who
sxto what? tasxto that thing
kak how? takak this way
gda when? tagda then
kai what like? takai that way
pocx why? tapocx that’s why, because
gde where? tagde there
skolk how much? taskolk that many, that much
to that

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Numbers:
Cardinal Ordinal Fractions
nul zero
din one dinju first
dva two dvaju second pol 1/2
tri three triju third tritink 1/3
cxtir four cxtirju fourth cxtirtink 1/4
piat five piatju fifth piattink 1/5
sxes six sxesju sixth sxestink 1/6
siem seven siemju seventh siemtink 1/7
vos eight vosju eighth vostink 1/8
dev nine devju ninth devtink 1/9
des ten desju tenth destink 1/10

Larger numbers:
dinnades eleven
dvanades twelve
trinades thirteen
cxtirnades fourteen
piatnades fifteen
sxesnades sixteen
siemnades seventeen
vosnades eighteen
devnades nineteen
dvades twenty
dvades -din twenty one
dvades -dva twenty two
trides thirty
trides-din thirty one
trides-dva thirty two
cxtirdes forty
piatdes fifty
sxesdes sixty
siemdes seventy
vosdes eighty
devdes ninety
sto hundred
tisicx thousand
milion million
gigalion billion (US definition)

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TIME: basic terms

vrem time januar january

sekund second februar february
minut minute marc march
cxas hour april april
den day mai may
siemden week juni june
mesacx month juli july
rocx year august august
desrocxie decade septembr september
storocxie century oktobr october
novembr november
ponedelek monday decembr december
vtorek tuesday
sredek wednesday sezon season
cxtire k thursday vesna spring
piatek friday leto summer
subotek saturday osen fall / autumn
nedelek sunday zima winter

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SIZE: ANIMALS:
plus more zver animal
mensx less zver-ogrod zoo
dolgju long pes dog
kratju short kot cat
velju big kon horse
malju small krava cow
bistrju quick bik bull
medlju slow riba fish
mnoguo much ptak bird
maluo little (quantity) jasxter lizard
gad snake
PEOPLE: verblud camel
zxen woman slon elephant
muzx man
cxlovek human
dete child
rodzin family
narod nation
grod town
krain country

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TO BE
but neutral (to be)
bu future (will be) es present (is , are, am)
bil past (was, were) bi conditional (would be)

ja es I am
vi es you are (plural / polite singular)
on es he is
ona es she is
ono es it is
mi es we are
oni es they are

ja bu I will be
vi bu you will be (plural / polite singular)
on bu he will be
ona bu she will be
ono bu it will be
mi bu we will be
oni bu they will be

ja bil I was / I have been

vi bil you were / you have been (plural / polite singular)
on bil he was / he has been
ona bil she was / she has been
ono bil it was / it has been
mi bil we were / we have been
oni bil they were / they have been

ja bi I would
vi bi you would (plural / polite singular)
on bi he would
ona bi she would
ono bi it would
mi bi we would
oni bi they would

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TO GO (and all other verbs ) :

ja idit I am going / I go
vi idit you are going / you go (plural / polite singular)
on idit he is going / he goes
ona idit she is going / she goes
ono idit it is going / it goes
mi idit we are going / we go
oni idit they are going / they go

ja bu idit I will go
vi bu idit you will go (plural / polite singular)
on bu idit he will go
ona bu idit she will go
ono bu idit it will go
mi bu idit we will go
oni bu idit they will go

ja bil idit I went

vi bil idit you went (plural / polite singular)
on bil idit he went
ona bil idit she went
ono bil idit it went
mi bil idit we went
oni bil idit they went

ja bi idit I would go
vi bi idit you would go (plural / polite singular)
on bi idit he would go
ona bi idit she would go
ono bi idit it would go
mi bi idit we would go
oni bi idit they would go

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SOME VERBS AND THEIR USE:

idit go ehat travel, ride

mozxit can, may kupit buy, purchase
hotit want prodat sell
dolzxit have to iskat search, look for
vidit see divat look at
edat eat

Ja es glodju. I am hungry.
Ja iskat prodalna. I am looking for a store.
Vi vidit poezd. You see a train.
Oni spatit vo hotel. They sleep in a hotel.
Mi edat vo restoran. We eat in a restaurant.
Ja bil naidit rinok. I found a market.
To cenit mnoguo dengi. That costs a lot of money.
Mi bil navestit Polakia. We have visited Poland.
Mi bu navestit Rosia. We will visit Russia.
Bulgaria imat krasju plazxis. Bulgaria has beautiful beaches.
Skolk cenit bilet? How much does cost a ticket?
Skolk dengi? How much money?
Gde es stancia? Where is the station?
Gde es autobus? Where is the bus?
Gda pridit autobus? When comes the bus?

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BASIC DICTIONARY:

ENGLISH SLOVIO backside hrebet

bad zloju
A bag sak
about o bake pecxit
above nad ball miacx
ache bolit basket kosx
address adres basketball basketbol
after posle bathroom kupalna
again vnov bathtub vana
against proti be but
age vek beach plazx
ago prede beans bobis
air vozduh beautiful krasju
airplane letidlo because ibo
airport letisxtie bed postel
alike podobju bedroom spatilna
all vse beef goviadivo
alone samju beer pivo
alphabet azbukva before pred
also tozx begin startit
always vsegda behind pozad
am es bent krivju
and i beside pri
angry gnevju between mezx
animal zver bicycle velo
answer otvet big velju
any lib bird ptak
apple jablok birthday rodden
April april birth place rodmesto
are es bitter gorkju
arm ruka black cxernju
arrive priehat blood krev
art art blue siniju
ask voprosit boat lodka
August august body telo
autumn osen bone kost
away procx book knig
border granc
B border crossing granc-perehod
baby bebi bottle butilka
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bottom dno cheque c xek

bottom side dnoju storon chicken kurk
bowl miska child dete
box krob choose izberit
boy mlodic city velgrod
boyfriend priatelic class klas
branch vetka clean cxistju
bread hleb close zakritit
break lomit closet kabinet
bridge most cloth tkan
bring prinesit clothes odev
brother brat coat palto
brown kasxtanju coffee kofe
brush cxetka cold holod
bug muhak color cvet
building dom come pridit
bull bik come back vernut
burn palit container kontainer
bus autobus continent kontinent
bus stop autobus-ostanka cook varit
bush kust cookbook var-knig
but no corner kut
butter maslo correct pravilnju
button knopka cost cenit
buy kupit could mozxbi
bye-bye do videnie count scxitat
country krain
C cover krisx
cake kolacx cow krava
camel verblud crazy sxalju
can mozx cream krem
canoe kanoe cry slezit
car voz cup cxasxa
carrot morkva cut rezit
cat kot
catch poimat D
ceiling plafon danger opasie
center centr dark temnju
chair stul day den
change zmenit dead miortvju
cheap bez-dragju December decembr
cheese sir deep glubinju
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describe opisat fall padat

dictionary slov-knig family rodzin
did bil delat far dalkju
different inju far from dalkuo ot
difficult slozxju fat tolstju
direction kurs father otec
dirty grazju February februar
distance distancia feel cxutit
do delat female zxenju
doctor doktor fence ograd
does delat few neskolk
dog pes field pole
dollar dolar fight borbat
door dver find naidit
down dol finger palc
dress odev fingernail nogot
drink napitok fire ogen
drive vodit first perv
dry suhju fish riba
dust proh five piat
fix ispravit
E flat ploskju
early ranju flesh miaso
ear usx flood potop
Earth zemla floor podlog
East vostok flower kvit
easy prostju fly letit
eat edat food eda
economy ekonomju fool glupnik
eggs jaicos foot nog
eight vos football futbol
elephant slon for dla
empty praznju forest les
end konc forget zabut
enough dostacx fork vilka
evening vecxer four cxtir
every vsektor fresh svezxju
expensive dragju Friday piatek
eyes ocxis friend priatel
from ot
F front side pred-bok
face lico fruit plod
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fry zxarit hear slisxit

fuel palivo heart serce
full polnju heavy tiazxju
funny smesxju hello zdrav
future bu-vrem help pomoc
her onaf
G here tugde
garage garazx hilly goraju
garden ogrod him jeg
gas gaz his jegoi
get polucxit hit udarit
girl mlodica hold derzxit
girlfriend podrugica hole dira
give podat hollow izdolbilju
glass sklo home domo
go idit horse kon
go back vernut hot goracxju
good dobrju hotel hotel
grass trava hour, hours cxas
green zelenju house dom
grey, gray sivju how kak
ground zem how are you? kak vams?
grow rastit how much? skolk
guess godat human cxlovek
hundred sto
H hungry glodju
hair vlosis hurt poranit
half pol
hall zal I
hammer molot I ja
hand ruk ice led
handle derzxak icebox led-krob
hang visit if esli
happy scxastju in, inside vo
hard tverdju in front of popred
hat sxapka insect muhak
have imat inside vnutr
have to dolzxit is es
he on it ono
head glov its onoi
head cover sxapka
healthy zdrovju
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J listen slusxat
January Januar little maluo
juice sok live domovit
July Juli living zxivju
jump skacxit livingroom zabavalna
June Juni lizard jasxter
lock zaklucxit
K long dolgju
keep derzxit look pogledit
key klux look alike podobit
kick nog-udar look for iskat
kiss celuva lose utratit
kitchen kuhna loud gromkju
knife nozx love lubov
know znat luck scxastie

L M
lake ozero machine masxin
lamp lamp made delalju
land (airplane) pristanit made from delalju iz
large velju make delat
last posledju male muzxju
late pozdju man muzx
lay lezxit many mnogju
leaf list March Marc
learn ucxit married svadilju
leave otidit match ogen-palka
left side levju material materia
leg nog May mai
lemon limon maybe mozxuo
less mensx me mne
let pozvolit meat miaso
let go puskit medium sredju
letter dopis menu menu
let's idijme! metal metal
lid vieko middle sred
life zxivot midday, noon polden
lift podnimat midnight polnocx
light lehkju milk mlek
like lubit minute minut
line lina mirror zerkalo
liquid tecxju Mister, Mr gospic
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Miz, Ms gospica now tper

Monday ponedelek number cxislo
money dengi nut oreh
month mesiac
Moon luna O
more plus O.K. dobruo
morning utro o'clock, clock cxasmer
mother mama ocean okean
motor motor October oktobr
motorcycle motocikl off ot
mountain gora often cxasto
mouth usta oil oliv
move dvigat old starju
movie film on na
Mr, Mister gospic one din
Ms, Miz gospica one way din-storonju
much mnog only tolk
muscle muskul open razkritju
music muzik opening otvor
must not dolzx ne or ili
my moi orange oranzx
other inju
N our nasx
nail nogot out, outside von
name imen over nad
narrow uzkju own vlasnit
near bliz owner vlasnitel
neck sxea
need potrebit P
needle igla pan kastrul
never nigda pants sxtani
new novju paper papir
next sledju passport pasport
night nocx past bil-vrem
nine dev pay platit
no ne peas goroh
noise sxum pen pero
normal normalju people ludis
North sever person osob
nose nos phonetic fonetikju
not ne picture obraz
November novembr piece kusok
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pig svin reason pricxin

pillow podusxka receive polucxit
pink rozovju red cxervenju
pipe trub release puskit
place mesto remember pomnit
planet planet return vernut
plant rastin rice riz
plastic plast rich bogatju
plate plita right side prav
play igrat river reka
please prosit road dorog
point tocxka roof krisxa
pool bazen room komnat
poor bedaju rough grubju
pork svinivo round krugju
port port rubber gum
possible mozxju run begit
pot kastrul Rupee Rupia
potato zembulba
powder prosxok S
present tut-vrem sad smutju
price cen safe bezopasju
problem problem salt sol
pull tiagat same odnakju
purple purpurju sand pesok
push tiskit Saturday subotek
put polozxit sauce sous
put on odevit say molvit
put together montirit say about molvit o
school sxkol
Q scissors nozxnici
quality kvalit seat stul
quantity kvantit second sekund, dvaju
quarter cxetvert see vidit
quick bistrju see you do videnie
quiet tihju seem ziavit
self sam
R sell prodat
rabbit krolik send poslat
rain dozxd September septembr
read cxitat seven siem
ready gotovju shake trasit
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shape form space prostor

sharp ostrju spaceship kozmos-korab
shave britvat speak gvorit
she ona speak about gvorit o
sheep ovec speed bistrost
sheet prostrina spice pikant
shelf polka spoon lizxka
shiny blestju sport sport
ship korab spring vesna
shirt kosxul square kvadrat
shoe obuv stairs, stair shod
shop prodalna stand stanit
short kratju star zvezd
shovel lopata start start
show pokazit station stancia
shower dozxdin stay ostatit
sick bolezju step stup
side storon stick palka
sidewalk trotuar still esxte
sink umivalo stomach zxeludok
sister sestra stone kamen
sit sidit stop stopit
six sxes store prodalna
size velost stove pecxina
skin kozxa straight pramju
sky nebo street ulca
sleep spatit string sxnur
slow medlju strong silaju
small malju sugar cukor
smoke dim summer leto
smooth gladju Sun sunce
snake gad Sunday nedelek
snow sneg surface poverh
soap milo sweet sladju
sock nanog swim plavat
soft miakju
solid tverd-materia T
some neskolk T.V. televidenie
sound zvuk table stol
soup sup take berit
sour kislju take off ot-odevit
South jug tea cxai
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teach poucxit too peremnog

teenager junosx tool instrument
temperature temperatur tooth zub
ten des topside verh
than cxem touch dotik
thank blagodarit towel utirak
that tot town grod
that place tam-gde toy igralka
the least nai-mensx train poezd
the most nai-bolsx travel put
their onivoi tree drev
them onif truck brem-voz
then tam-gda true pravdaju
there tam-gde try probit
they oni Tuesday vtorek
thick tolstju turn povrot
thin tonkju two dva
thing predmet two way dva-sposobju
think mislit type tip
think about mislit o
this tut U
this place tu-gde ugly merzkju
thousand tisicx under pod
thread nitka underpants pod-sxtani
three tri undershirt tilko
throw kidat understand razumit
throw away otkidat undo ot-delat
thru, through skroz unlock ot-klucxit
Thursday cxtire k unmake ot-delat
ticket bilet untie ot-viazit
tie viazit up gor
tight tesnju us nams
till do use upotrebit
time vrem
times raz V
tin konzerv valley dolina
tired ustatju vegetable zelen-plod
to ko vehicle voz
today dnes vein zxila
together spol very velm
tomato tomat visa viza
tomorrow zavtra visit navestit
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will bu
W win vigrat
wait cxekat wind vitr
walk idit window okno
wall stena wine vino
want hotit wing krilo
warm teplju winter zima
was bil wire provlokno
wash umivat wise razumju
watch zgledit with so
water voda without bez
water pipe voda-trub woman zxen
way dorog wood drevno
we mi word slov
weather pogod work trud
Wednesday sredek world vset
week tiden write pisat
weekend vikend
were bil Y
West zapad yard dvor
wet mokrju year rocx
what sxto yellow zxoltju
wheel koles yes da
when gda yesterday vcxera
where gde you vi (plural, polite)
which ktor you ti (singular)
white belju young mlodju
who kto your tvoi
whose cxoi
why pocx Z
wide sxirju zero nul
wild dikju

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