The brightest associations with Slovenia




"Tonight
We are young
So let’s set the world on fire
We can burn brighter than the sun"

Vārdi slovēniski (bieži izmantoti, dzirdēti):
-gremo (ātri, lieto lai kādu pasteidzinātu)
-dobra (labi)
-zakaj? (kāpēc?)

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