The purpose of this list is to give a rough idea of the Slovenian language. The words listed below are not the most common Slovenian words, but a broad sampling of words. See the Word Lists page for more details.
| English | Slovene (slovenščina) |
| I | jaz |
| you (singular) | ti |
| he | on |
| we | mi |
| you (plural) | vi |
| they | oni |
| this | ta, to |
| that | tisti, tista, tisto |
| here | tu, tukaj |
| there | tam |
| who | kdo *(interrogative)* |
| what | kaj *(interrogative)* |
| where | kje *(no movement, interrogative)* |
| when | kdaj *(interrogative)* |
| how | kako *(interrogative)* |
| not | ne |
| all | vse |
| many | veliko, mnogo |
| some | nekoliko |
| few | malo |
| other | drugi |
| one | ena |
| two | dva, dve |
| three | tri |
| four | štiri |
| five | pet |
| big | velik |
| long | dolg |
| wide | širok |
| thick | debel |
| heavy | težek, težak#Slovene |
| small | majhen |
| short | kratek |
| narrow | ozek |
| thin | tanek |
| woman | ženska |
| man (adult male) | moški |
| man (human being) | človek |
| child | dete, otrok |
| wife | žena |
| husband | mož |
| mother | mati |
| father | oče |
| animal | žival |
| fish | riba |
| bird | ptič, ptica |
| dog | pes |
| louse | uš |
| snake | kača |
| worm | črv |
| tree | drevo |
| forest | gozd |
| stick | palica |
| fruit | plod |
| seed | seme |
| leaf | list |
| root | koren |
| bark (of a tree) | skorja |
| flower | roža, cvet |
| grass | trava |
| rope | vrv |
| skin | koža |
| meat | meso |
| blood | kri |
| bone | kost |
| fat (noun) | maščoba |
| egg | jajce |
| horn | rog |
| tail | rep |
| feather | pero |
| hair | lasje |
| head | glava |
| ear | uho |
| eye | oko |
| nose | nos |
| mouth | usta |
| tooth | zob |
| tongue (organ) | jezik |
| fingernail | noht |
| foot | noga, stopalo |
| leg | noga |
| knee | koleno |
| hand | roka |
| wing | krilo |
| belly | trebuh |
| guts | drobovje |
| neck | vrat |
| back | hrbet |
| breast | prsi, grudi |
| heart | srce |
| liver | jetra |
| to drink | piti |
| to eat | jesti |
| to bite | gristi |
| to suck | sesati |
| to spit | pljuvati |
| to vomit | bljuvati, bruhati |
| to blow | pihati |
| to breathe | dihati |
| to laugh | smejati se |
| to see | videti |
| to hear | slišati |
| to know | vedeti |
| to think | misliti |
| to smell | (po)duhati |
| to fear | bati se |
| to sleep | spati |
| to live | živeti |
| to die | umreti, umirati |
| to kill | ubiti |
| to fight | boriti se |
| to hunt | loviti |
| to hit | udariti |
| to cut | rezati |
| to split | razcepiti |
| to stab | zabosti, zbosti |
| to scratch | škrabati, škrabljati |
| to dig | kopati |
| to swim | plavati |
| to fly | leteti |
| to walk | hoditi |
| to come | priti |
| to lie (as in a bed) | ležati *(state)* |
| to sit | sedeti *(state)* |
| to stand | stati *(state)* |
| to turn (intransitive) | obrniti |
| to fall | padati |
| to give | dajati |
| to hold | držati |
| to squeeze | stiskati |
| to rub | treti |
| to wash | umivati |
| to wipe | otirati, brisati |
| to pull | vleči |
| to push | suniti |
| to throw | metati |
| to tie | vezati |
| to sew | šivati |
| to count | šteti |
| to say | reči |
| to sing | peti |
| to play | igrati |
| to float | plavati |
| to flow | teči |
| to freeze | zamrzniti |
| to swell | otekati |
| sun | sonce |
| moon | luna |
| star | zvezda |
| water | voda |
| rain | dež |
| river | reka |
| lake | jezero |
| sea | morje |
| salt | sol |
| stone | kamen |
| sand | pesek |
| dust | prah |
| earth | zemlja |
| cloud | oblak |
| fog | megla |
| sky | nebo |
| wind | veter |
| snow | sneg |
| ice | led |
| smoke | dim |
| fire | ogenj |
| ash | pepel |
| to burn | žgati |
| road | cesta |
| mountain | gora |
| red | rdeč |
| green | zelen |
| yellow | rumen |
| white | bel |
| black | črn |
| night | noč |
| day | dan |
| year | leto |
| warm | topel |
| cold | hladen |
| full | poln |
| new | nov |
| old | star |
| good | dober |
| bad | zloben |
| rotten | gnil |
| dirty | umazan |
| straight | raven |
| round | okrogel |
| sharp (as a knife) | oster |
| dull (as a knife) | top |
| smooth | gladek |
| wet | moker |
| dry | suh |
| correct | pravilen |
| near | bližnji |
| far | oddaljen |
| right | desni |