Strong or gentle?
Level A2 · Unit 12: He and she · Lesson 5: Advice and horoscopes
The same advice can be strong or gentle:
- Direct: Pogovori se z njim! Talk to him!
- Softer: Moraš se pogovoriti z njim. You have to talk to him.
- Gentler: Morala bi se pogovoriti z njim. You should talk to him.
- Gentlest: Na tvojem mestu bi se pogovorila z njim. If I were you, I'd talk to him.
Horoscopes use the future and the polite vi: Ta teden boste spoznali …
Practise this in the free course
This explanation comes from Unit 12, Lesson 5 of Slovenim, a free Slovenian course with dialogues, audio and exercises that check your answers.