And that’s how Dave struggled with his ELBOW or KOMOLEC, and learned new words like KOŽA – SKIN, and BOLI – HURTS.

Dave and Fani decided to get a new family member – a KODER – a POODLE. He will need a lot of LOVE – LJUBEZEN, a VET – VETERINARja, a HAIRDRESSER – FRIZERja and FOOD – HRANO.

Today Dave had a riding lesson... He learned that MAJHNA PUNČKA means LITTLE GIRL, KONJENIŠKI KLUB is EQUESTRIAN CLUB, LEPOTIČKA is BEAUTY, KONJ is HORSE, JAHATI means RIDING, LJUBOSUMEN is JEALOUS, PRVAK is CHAMPION, POKAŽI means SHOW ME, NAJBOLJŠA is THE BEST, JOB is SLUŽBA and POSKUSIMO means LET’S TRY. We are looking forward to the next episode… :)

This time Dave was sweating in a shopping centre. A new lesson for him… but he practiced some new words… IZGUBITI SE means TO GET LOST, MAMICA is MUMMY, NEZNANCI are STRANGERS, NE JOČI means DON’T CRY, KOLIKO SI STARA means HOW OLD ARE YOU, KJE STANUJEŠ means WHERE DO YOU LIVE, BLIZU is CLOSE, VARNOSTNIK is SECURITY GUARD, OZVOČENJE is SOUND SYSTEM... And remember, never betray children's secrets.

Dave got stuck in the most heated debate of Slovenes – politics. He learned that POLITIKI are POLITICIANS, DRŽAVNI ZBOR is NATIONAL ASSEMBLY, PRENOS V ŽIVO means LIVE BROADCAST… GROZLJIVKA is THRILLER, KOMEDIJA is COMEDY, a KRIMINALKA is a CRIME MOVIE, PLAČA is SALARY, DRŽAVLJANSTVO is CITIZENSHIP and NE RAZUMEM means I DON'T UNDERSTAND.

LEN, or LENA, does mean LAZY, but LENA is also a common Slovene female name. Anyway, whether Dave is LEN or not is up for debate, but the fact of the matter is that today Dave did learn the difference between UMAZANO – DIRTY and ČISTO – CLEAN, and he did learn how to use a METLA – a BROOM, how to SWEEP THE FLOOR – POMESTI TLA, BRISATI PRAH – CLEAN THE DUST, to VACUUM THE HOUSE – SESATI HIŠO, and that you do have to be gentle with the ČASOPIS – NEWSPAPER, when washing the OKNO – WINDOW.

Today Dave learned some new words – MOM is MAMA, FATHER is OČE, MOTHER-IN-LAW is TAŠČA and FATHER-IN-LAW is TAST. FLOWERS are ROŽE, WINE is VINO and BIRTHDAY is ROJSTNI DAN.

Dave got scared to death today, but he learned some new words – POŠTA is POST and PAKET is PACKAGE. He’s not from Slovenia and that means he’s a TUJEC or a FOREIGNER. PODPIS is SIGNATURE, a FEMALE FRIEND is PRIJATELJICA, NOSEČA means PREGNANT, and that’s what Fani is not...yet...

Well, Dave is no good at cleaning, but he learned some new Slovene words anyway. Now we know BATHROOM is KOPALNICA, TOILET is STRANIŠČE, and BATHTUB is KAD. We also now the BOTTOM is SPODAJ and UP is ZGORAJ, RED is RDEČE, WHITE is BELO, and PINK is ROZA. That’s something, right?

The first visit to the cinema in Slovenia did not end according to Dave‘s wishes. But he still learned some new words... NEČAKINJA - NIECE, PRAVLJICA - FAIRY TALE, POGLEJ - LOOK, DOVOLJ STARA - OLD ENOUGH, HITRO - FAST, DRZNO - FURIOS, PREDLOG - SUGGESTION, NEVERJETNO - INCREDIBLE, STRINJATI SE - TO AGREE and NI SLABO - NOT BAD. Dave is really making progress :)