dober dan

jutro, n    (dobro jutro) morning   (good morning)
popoldne, n  afternoon
večer, m   (dober večer) evening
noč,  f    (lahko noč) night

dan, mday
teden, mweek
mesec, mmonth
leto,  nyear

pomlad,  fspring
poletje, nsummer
jesen,  fautumn
zima,  fwinter

simple and boring vocabulary today, no grammar. All of the above are very new sounding words. No help from previous German, French knowledge, hard work...
The good news: All the names of the months are just like in German/English, (apart from March)

januar, februar, marec, april, maj, junij, julij, avgust, september, october, november, december





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