Lost in translation. Poor Dave walked into the wrong place again. He wanted to buy Fani some HIGH HEELS – VISOKE PETE or PETKE, but almost bought her some PODKVE – HORSESHOES, PRI KOVAČU – AT THE BLACKSMITH’S. And some other words we learned today: DRAGO – EXPENSIVE, POCENI – CHEAP, NJIVA – FIELD, MESTO – TOWN, ONCE A WEEK – ENKRAT NA TEDEN, DELOVNA – HARDWORKING, MOČEN – STRONG or STOUT, and HRANITI – TO FEED.

Dave learned today that LEARNING or EDUCATION is IZOBRAŽEVANJE. He also found out that it's important to know when to 'VIKATI' - to use the polite form - or 'TIKATI'.

When using the polite form we don't say 'SI' but 'STE'. “FOR YOU” in the polite form is 'ZA VAS'. The verbs also have to change… I think that Dave will get it…SČASOMA - EVENTUALLY!

Oh, those love birds… And Dave, he’s learning Slovene AT EVERY OPPORTUNITY – OB VSAKI PRILOŽNOSTI. Even when cleaning the BASEMENT - KLET or TEMNA LUKNJA – DARK HOLE. They found old SHOES – ČEVLJI and CLOTHES – OBLAČILA… from 2009. Fani used to work out also, there was some old WORKOUT DEVICE – TELOVADNA NAPRAVA. And back in the days friends wrote in her SPOMINSKA KNJIGA – MEMORY BOOK.

Today Dave learned from Mia that SESTANEK is a MEETING, SLUŽBA is WORK, LIKATI is TO IRON, LIKALNIK is AN IRON, OBLAČILA are CLOTHES, STOJALO is a CLOTHES HORSE, ODLOČITI is TO DECIDE, DOBRO VPRAŠANJE is A GOOD QUESTION, and Fani is always LOVELY - LEPA… and never ANGRY – JEZNA... unlike her sister Špela, it seems!

And that's how Dave started giving private English lessons. In doing so he also learned a few more Slovenian words: AD – OGLAS, URE – LESSONS, NATIVE SPEAKER – NARAVNI GOVOREC, BEGINNERS – ZAČETNIKI, ADVANCED – NAPREDNI, DVA KRAT NA TEDEN – TWO TIMES A WEEK, PRICE – CENA, PREVEČ – TOO MUCH, PREMALO – TOO LITTLE, and A NEGOTIABLE PRICE is CENA PO DOGOVORU.

Dave’s first ski lesson was fun. He fell x times, but he’s still willing to learn. Today he learned SNEG is SNOW, SMUČI are SKIS, ROKAVICE are GLOVES, ŠAL is SCARF and ŠALA is a JOKE. He now also knows that FUN is ZABAVA and SNEŽAK is a SNOWMAN.

NASLEDNJIČ – NEXT TIME Dave will be back. And he will play POOL – BILIJARD again. However, Dave did not accept the STAVA – BET this time. Instead, he decided to keep his PROMISE – OBLJUBA to Fani and be home by 11. But next time he plays pool he will now the vocabulary - a CUE is PALICA, TO BREAK is DA RAZBIJEŠ, and you can play with the PRAZNE - STRIPES or POLNE – SOLID balls.

So... FINGERS CROSSED – DRŽIMO PESTI for Dave and Fani and their HOUSING LOAN – STANOVANJSKI KREDIT. Today our couple found their DREAM HOUSE – SANJSKA HIŠA but earlier thought that Izidor was about to sell them a WRECK - PODRTIJA.

Fani and Dave are going to see a HOUSE - HIŠA with gospod KLOBASA – SAUSAGE. Dave’s CLASSMATE - SOŠOLEC owns a REAL ESTATE AGENCY – NEPREMIČNINSKO AGENCIJO and is a REAL ESTATE AGENT – NEPREMIČNINSKI AGENT. Well, we’ll see what the young couple will say about the house NEAR MARIBOR – BLIZU MARIBORA.

Ah, there is nothing that can spice up your life better than a good home improvement project. Our couple bought a new KOMODA or CHEST OF DRAWERS. They decided to SET IT UP / ASSEMBLE IT – MONTIRATI themselves, with the help of a KLADIVO – HAMMER, a SCREWDRIVER – IZVIJAČ, SCREWS – VIJAKI, and a few NAILS – ŽEBLJI, as well as lot of patience and trust, not to get “s hamrom po prstu…”