Linguistic elements

Phonology

Students should understand the regularity of the relationship of sounds and letters in Slovenian, from the point of view of both accurate pronunciation and spelling in written Slovenian.

Syntax and Morphology

Verb

·         tense and personal (singular, dual, plural) suffixes

 

-           present
-           past
-           future
·         gerund
·         voice
-           active or passive
·         participle
·         mood
-           imperative
-           conditional
-           optative and supine
-           subjunctive
-           infinitive
·         other
-           reflexive verbs
-           the verb biti - positive, negative, interrogative, and use of familiar and formal forms
-           irregular verbs


Adverb


·         formation
·         types:  time, place, manner
·         function of adverbs, eg, in the formation of the comparative adjective


Noun


·         case
-           nominative
-           genitive
-           dative
-           accusative
-           locative
-           instrumental

·         gender
-           masculine
-           feminine
-           neuter
·         number
-           singular
-           dual
-           plural
·         declension
-           first (feminine nouns ending in a)
-           second (feminine nouns ending in a consonant)
-           third (masculine nouns ending in a consonant, inanimate, animate)
-           fourth (neuter nouns ending in e or o)
·         nouns used only in plural forms
·         diminutive
·         exceptions


Adjective


·         declension
-           gender
-           number
-           case
·         comparative - formation using adverb and superlative, using suffixes
·         superlative - formation using prefixes


Pronoun


·         personal
·         interrogative
·         demonstrative
·         possessive
·         relative
·         reflexive
·         indefinite, definite


Numeral


·         cardinal - declension, case
·         ordinal
·         numeric expression of quantity - declension


Sentence & Phrase types


·         statements
·         questions
·         compound sentences
·         complex sentences
·         commands
·         direct and indirect speech
·         noun phrases adjectival phrases

Negation  


Semantics and Pragmatics

Vocabulary

The type of vocabulary included will depend largely on the discourse forms, activities, settings, roles and topics selected:

·         compound words
·         derivation
·         diminutives
·         neologisms
·         loanwords

Cohesive Devices

·         conjunctions
-         coordinating
-         subordinating

Routines (formulaic expressions), Fillers and Exclamations

Style

·         formal and informal forms of address

 


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