Mary, This is a problem that we encounter when sending messages back an forth from countries that use accents over certain letters. In your list below, è = accented c ¹ = accented s ¾ = accented z I've also seen: ® = accented capital letter Z With a little practice you can usually figure them out. These accents are very important because they are separate letters of the alphabet, called "cheh", "sheh", and "zheh", and a word might have a completely different meaning if you forget the accent mark. For instance, when you look up words in a Slovenian-English dictionary, you will find the accented "c" after all the other c's; the same with the accented "s" and "z". On your list below, the (a) after a word means that if you see the same word ending in an "a", it is feminine. (Lat.) means it is a Latin word, not Slovenian. (vulgo) means it is a slang expression. John > From: Mary ROGERS : Wednesday, December 20, 2000 12:20 PM > > A friend in Slovenia gave me a list that may be of help to others on the > list. I am not sure what the numbers indicate. > > Mary > > > kaplan: chaplain > ¾upnik: parish priest > Bog: God > krstitelj: baptist > kr¹èen: christened, baptised > krst: baptism > cerkev: church > cerkovnik, me¾nar: sacristan > domovina: fatherland, homeland > dru¾ina: family > dvojèki: twins > grob: grave > grunt, kmetija: farm > hi¹no ime, (vulgo): house name > kmet, kmetica: farmer > loèen(a), razvezan(a), razporoèen(a): divorced > opomba: remark, comment, take note > ni opombe: no remark > priimek: surname, family-name > ime: name, first name > poklic: profession > boter: godfather > botra: godmother > cognomen (lat.): family name > nomen (cognomen)(lat.): name, (surname, family name) > conditio patrinorum (lat.): citizen > zakonski, zakonska: legitimate > nezakonski, nezakonska: illegitimate > oèe: father > mati, mama: mother > sin: son > hèi: daughter > brat: brother > sestra: sister > mo¾: husband > ¾ena: wife > mrtev, mrtva, umrl, umrla: dead > nevesta: bride > ¾enin: bridegroom > omo¾iti se: to marry, take a husband > otrok: child > otroci: children > pokopan(a): buried > poroèiti se: to marry, take a wife > poroka: marriage > rojen, rojena, (nata, natus (lat.)): born > poroèen, poroèena: married > vdova, vdovec: widow, widower >