Chapter 1A1
Dober dan, babica
Good Day, Grandma
Before you read
Je, so, and jaz sem
Je means is, while so means are. Jaz sem means I am, with the short verb form in its natural second position.
Je and jé
Unaccented je means is. The learner text marks jé with an accent when it means eats, so the two meanings stay clear.
Feminine agreement
Kavarna and kava are feminine, so they take majhna, stara, dobra, and odprta.
Maja is now in Ptuj.
Mestni trg is here.
The café is here.
The café is small and old.
The door is old.
Now Maja opens the door.
There is a photograph here.
The photograph is old.
"Hello, Grandma," Maja says.
Grandma is not here.
Maja says, "I am here."
The bread is in the kitchen.
Gospa Marija is in the kitchen.
"Hello, Maja," Gospa Marija says.
"Hello, Gospa Marija," Maja says.
The bread is good.
Gospa Marija eats the bread.
Now Maja eats the bread.
The coffee is here.
The coffee is good.
"Thank you," Maja says.
"Good?" Gospa Marija asks.
"Good, thank you," Maja says.
The photograph is here.
"The café," Maja says.
Maja opens the door now.
The door is open.
Now the café is open.
"For now?" Gospa Marija asks.
"Yes, for now," Maja says.
Gospa Marija says, "Yes."
Maja is here now.
And the café is open.
Chapter 1 complete
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