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Word class in the Slovene language
The Slovene language has a range of pronouns that in some ways work quite differently from English ones. This page details their usage. For declensions, see Slovene declension#Pronouns.

Pronouns can replace a noun in a sentence; this is, as opposed to, say, an adjective or an adverb.

The substantival relative pronoun is derived from the interrogative by adding r: kdor "who, that", kar "which, that". Kdor krade, ni pošten. "Someone who steals is not honest." Kar poveš, tega ne moreš več obvladovati. "Something that you say, that you cannot control any more." Odrekli so ji možnost do izbire odvetnika, s čimer je bila kršena njena ustavna pravica. "They refused her the option of choosing a solicitor, with which her constitutional right was violated."

The universal pronouns are vsakdo "everyone" and vse "everything, all". Vsemu so namenjali pozornost. "They dedicated attention to everything." Vsakogar bodo vrgli iz službe, če ne bo izpolnjeval zahtev. "They will sack everyone who will not fulfil requirements." Vsak "each, every" is an adjective that can function as a pronoun. Also in this category are vsakateri and vsakteri, both meaning "everyone", which are old fashioned and not used in modern language.

The relative indefinite pronouns are kdorkoli or kdor koli (whoever) and karkoli or kar koli (whatever). The meaning conveyed is very similar to the unspecified pronoun. The inflexion follows the pattern of the relative pronoun with koli or  koli appended. The space, as shown, is optional, but for sake of consistency, once one method has been adopted, one should not use the other. Kdorkoli pokliče 112, mora znati povedati, kaj je narobe. "Whoever rings 112 must know how to say what is wrong." Kogarkoli poslušam od politikov, vsi govorijo iste neumnosti. "To whichever of these politicians I listen, they all speak the same stupidities." Karkoli stori, stori to dobro. "Whatever he/she does, he/she does it well."

The manifold pronouns are marsikdo "many (people)" and marsikaj "many (things)". The inflexion follows the basic pattern of kdo and kaj. Although these pronouns refer to multiple people or things, they are grammatically singular. In addition to marsi , other prefixes are possible, such as redko (redkokdo "rarely anyone"), mnogo (mnogokdo, same as marsikdo, although perhaps somewhat less usual) and malo (malokdo "few (people)"). Marsikdo pravi, da je lepše živeti na deželi, a jaz jim seveda ne verjamem. "Many people say that it is nicer to live in the countryside, but I of course do not believe them." Res je, da marsičesa ne vem, pa vendar veš ti še mnogo manj. "It is true that I do not know many things, but you know far less still." Z marsičim je že bila obdarjena, a česa takšnega, kar ji je prinesel egiptovski odposlanec, ni bila nikdar poprej še videla. "Many things she had been gifted, but something like that which the Egyptian emissary brought she had never before seen." Redkokdo bi priznal, da je storil takšno napako. "Rarely anyone would admit that he has made such a mistake." Mnogokaj mi je šlo po glavi, a bolje je, da ne povem, kaj. "Many things went through my mind, but it is better that I do not say which." Maločesa se loti, če ve, da se popolnosti pri stvari ne da doseči. "He attempts to do few things if he knows that perfection cannot be achieved at them."