Be, have, do, go and the other verbs you need first in Slovenian, with English translations.
| English | Slovenian | |
|---|---|---|
| to be | biti | |
| to have | imeti | |
| to do | storiti | |
| to go | iti | |
| to come | priti | |
| to see | videti | |
| to look | gledati | |
| to know | vedeti | |
| to get | dobiti | |
| to make | narediti | |
| to take | vzeti | |
| to give | dati | |
| to say | reči | |
| to tell | povedati | |
| to speak | govoriti | |
| to talk | govoriti | |
| to think | misliti | |
| to want | hoteti | |
| to need | potrebovati | |
| to like | imeti rad | |
| to love | ljubiti | |
| to eat | jesti | |
| to drink | piti | |
| to sleep | spati | |
| to work | delati | |
| to play | igrati | |
| to read | brati | |
| to write | pisati | |
| to listen | poslušati | |
| to hear | slišati | |
| to walk | hoditi | |
| to run | teči | |
| to sit | sedeti | |
| to stand | stati | |
| to open | odpreti | |
| to close | zapreti | |
| to buy | kupiti | |
| to pay | plačati | |
| to help | pomagati | |
| to learn | učiti se | |
| to understand | razumeti | |
| to remember | spomniti se | |
| to forget | pozabiti | |
| to wait | čakati | |
| to start | začeti | |
| to stop | ustavljati se | |
| to live | živeti | |
| to find | najti | |
| to ask | vprašati | |
| to answer | odgovarjati | |