How to Say Dates and Times in Slovene – Part 2

Ways of saying dates and times in Slovene is quite versatile and precise and it can be expressed with most of the skloni, except the Third Sklon – Dative. This post is the second part of How to Say Dates and Times in Slovene – Part 1.

Koliko (How much, how many, how long)

Koliko časa² ste bili v Sloveniji⁵ (How long have you been in Slovenia)?

I have been in Slovenia for 3 years → V Sloveniji⁵ sem bila tri leta⁴.

Dan (day), teden (week), mesec (month) and leto (year)

Kdaj (When)

Kdaj imate rojstni dan (When do you have birthday)?

Rojstni dan⁴ imam dvanajstega aprila²(a precise date).
Rojstni dan imam danes.

Včeraj (yesterday), danes (today) and jutri (tomorrow).
Rojstni dan imam spomladi* (during a season).

Seasons: pomlad (spring) poletje (summer), jesen (autumn) and zima (winter).
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*How to refer to “during” a season: spomladi, poleti, jeseni and pozimi.

Kdaj je odprta pisarna (When is the office open)?

The office is open from 9:00 to 17:00 → Pisarna je odprta od devetih² do petih² .

The office is open in the afternoon → Pisarna je odprta popoldne*.

Times of day: dan (day), noč (night), jutro (morning), večer (evening), dopoldan (before noon) and popoldan (afternoon).
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*How to refer “during” the time of day: podnevi, ponoči, zjutraj, zvečer, dopoldne and popoldne.

Kdaj ste šli zadnjič v kino (When was the last time you went to the movie theater)?

Last year → Lani.

Lani (last year), letos (this year), prihodnje/naslednje leto (next year).
One week ago → Pred enim tednom⁶.
Last month → Prejšnji mesec.

Prejšnji^(m) (last), ta^(m/ž)/to^(s) (this) and naslednji^(m) (the following, next).