Slovak: Important Words & Phrases to Know

Greetings & Responses

noYes (AAH-noh) NieNo (NYEE_eh) MonoMaybe akujemThank you (DAHkoo-yehm / DHACKuuh-yam) Vemi vm akujem Thank you very much (VELL-me vAAM DHACK-uuh-yehm) Niet nemte za oNot at all. Prosm, Niet za oPlease do not mention it (PROseem) / Youre Welcome. Vtaj / VtajteWelcome (singular / informal) / plural / formal) ProsmPlease / Welcome (PROH-seem) AhojHello / Bye (informal) auHello / Hi / Goodbye / Bye (informal, from Italian, Ciao) Pokajte, prosm!Hold on please! (on the phone) Moment, prosm!One moment, please! Ako sa m?How do you do? (A-ko sah MAAsh?) (singular/informal) Ako sa mte?How are you? (A-ko sah MAAteh?) (plural / formal) akujem, dobre.Well, thanks. (D'AH-kooyehm DOH-breh) Te ma.Pleased to meet you. (TEH-shee mah) Dobr rnoGood morning (DOH-brehh RAA-noh) (used until 8am) Dobr rnkoMorning (DOH-brehh RAA-nkoh) (used until 8am) Dobr deGood day (DOH-bree de) (used from 8am until dark) Dobr popoludnieGood afternoon (DOH-bree de) (rarely used) Dobr veerGood evening (DOH-bree VEH-chehr) Dobr nocGood night (DOH-broo nohts) DovideniaGood bye (doh VEE-deh-nee_ah) (formal) DoviBye (doh VEE) (informal) Pekn de! / Pekn de prajem!Have a niceday! Vea astia!Good luck! Vetko najlepie k narodeninm!Happy Birthday! Vesel vianoce a tastn nov rok!Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! Vesel preitie Vekononch sviatkov!Happy Easter! Na zdravieCheers / Good health / Bless you (after someone sneezes) Dobr chu!Bon Appetite! Vm ehnaj.Bless you. Nech sa paci.Here you are. / After you. Pit saLike (response after someone thanks you) (PAACH-it sah) PrepExcuse me! (to ask for something) (PREHpaach-tyeh) Pardn!Excuse me (passing by) / Sorry Ako sa vol?What is your name? (informal) Ako sa volte?What is your name? (akoh sah VOH-laa-tyeh) (formal) Volm saMy name is (VOH-laam sah)

Signs
VstupEntrance VchodExit OtvorenOpen ZatvorenClosed UlicaStreet (abbrev. ul.) (OOH-lee-tsaa) NamestieSquare (abbrev. nam.) (NAAM-s-t-ah) CestaRoad (CASS-taa) InformcieInformation (INFOR-maah-tsee-ah) (Hranicna) kontrola (Border) check (CONTROL-aa) VelvyslanectvoEmbassy (WELL-viss-laan-atstwoh) ZakzanProhibited CloDuty (TSS-loh) PolciaPolice (POH-leetsee-aah)

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ColnicaCustoms Office (TSOLL-neet-saa) NemocnicaHospital (NAM-ots-it-saa) LekreChemist (LACKare-n) Prva pomocFirst aid (PRwaah PO-mots) TelefonTelephone (TELlaph-on) PostaPost (POSH-taa) PohladnicaPostcard (POH-lat-nitt-tsaa) Znamka(postage) Stamp (SNAAM-kaa) ListLetter (LIST) Zchod / Toaleta / WC Toilet KpeaBathroom MuMen Muzi / PaniGentlemen (MO-zhee / PAAH-nee) enaWomen enyLadies(ZHAHnee / DAA-mee) BankaBank (BAAN-kaa) BankomatATM (BAANkoh-mutt) Ubytovanie Accomodation (OOHbee-tow-aah-nee-ye) HotelHotel (HOT-al) PeniazeMoney (PANyaah-sa) IzbaRoom Hostel / Ubytova Hostel PenzinGuesthouse PotravinyFood store (POT-raav-e-nee)

Numbers & Numerals

prvfirst () druhsecond () tretiathird () tvrtfourth () piatyfifth () iestysixth () siedmyseventh () smyeighth () deviatyninth () desiatytenth () jedenstyeleventh () dvanstytwelfth () trinstythirteenth () trnstyfourteenth () ptnstyfifteenth () nulazero (NOO-lah) jedenone (YEH-dehn / YAH-dan) dvatwo (DUH-vah / DWAH) trithree (tree) tyrifour (SHTEE-ree) pfive (PAE-tu) essix (SHEHS-tu) sedemseven (SEH-dehm) oemeight (OH-sehm) devnine (DEH-vaetu) desatten (DEH-sah-tt) jedenasteleven (YAH-danaast) dvanstwelve (DWAnaast) trinsthirteen (TREEnaast) trnsfourteen (SHTRnaast)

ptnsfifteen estnssixteen sedemnsseventeen osemnseighteen devtnsnineteen dvadsatwenty (DWADsatu) dvadsa jedentwentyone (DWAD-sat-yahdan) dvadsa dvatwenty-two tridsathirty (TREE-DEHsee-ahtu) tyridsaforty (SHTEEree-DEH-see-ahtu) patdesiatfifty (PAE-ttDEH-see-ahtt) esdesiatsixty (SHEHStt-DEH-see-ahtt) sedemdesiatseventy (SEH-dehm-DEH-seeahtt) osemdesiateighty (OHsehm-DEH-see-ahtt) devdesiatninety (DEHvaett-DEH-see-ahtt) stohundred (stoh) dvestotwo hundred (DVE-sto) pstofive hundred (PAEtt-sto) tiscthousand (TEE-seets) dvetisctwo thousand p tiscfive thousand desa tiscten thousand milinmillion milirdabillion

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Money
jedno euroone euro (YEHD-no EH-oo-rro) dve eurtwo euros (DVEEH-oo-rah) tri eurthree euros ()

Days of Week
PondelokMonday (POHNdeh-lok) UtorokTuesday (OO-torohk / UUH-toh-rock) StredaWednesday (STREH-dah / STRADaah) tvrtokThursday (SHTVR-tohk / SHTWR-tock) PiatokFriday (PYAH-tok / PEE-at-ock) SobotaSaturday (SOHbuh-tah / SOH-bottah) NedeaSunday (NEHdeh-lyah / NEH-dehlah) VkendWeekend jeden deone day dva dnitwo days tri dnithree days

Kedy?When? Dopoludnia.In the morning. (DOH-polood-nyah) Popoludn.In the afternoon. (POH-polood-neee) Veer.In the evening. (VEH-chehr) DnesToday (dnehs) Dnes veerTonight (dnehs VEH-chehr) ZajtraTomorrow (ZAYtrah) VeraYesterday (VCHEHrah) DeDay TdeWeek (TEEZHdeh) MesiacMonth RokYear tiscdevsto devdesiatdev 1999 (when giving the year of say birth)

tyri eurfour euros ()

p eurfive euros (PAE-tu EH-oo-rr) desat eurten euros () sto eurone hundred euros () dvesto eurtwo hundred euros () tisc eurone thousand euros ()

Months of Year
JanurJanuary (YAHnwaahr) FebrurFebruary (FEHbrwaahr) MarecMarch (MAH-rehts) AprlApril (AH-preeel) MjMay (MAAH_ee) JnJune (yoon) JlJuly (yool) AugustAugust (OWgoost) SeptemberSeptember (sehp-TEHM-behr) OktberOctober (ohkTOHH-behr) NovemberNovember (noh-VEHM-behr) DecemberDecember (deht-ZEHM-behr)

tyri dnifour days

p dnfive days desat dnten days

Seasons
LetoSummer (LEH-toh) JeseAutumn (YEH-sehnyuh) ZimaWinter (ZEE-mah) JarSpring (yahr)

Date & Time

Koko je hodn?What time is it? (KOHL-koh yeh HOH-deeen) Je hodina.Its oclock. (yeh HOHdee-nah) Kokho je dnes?What date is it today? (KOHehl-keh-hoh yeh dhehs)

Paperwork
MenoName NrodnosNationality Dtum narodeniaDate of birth Miesto narodeniaPlace of birth PohlavieGender
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PasPassport VzaVisa Odletdeparture (plane) (ODD-lat) Odchoddeparture (bus, train) (ODD-khott) Priletarrival (plane) (PREE-lat) Prichodarrival (bus, train) (PREE-khott) Meskaniedelay (MESHkha-nee-ye Oneskoreniedelay (Ons-khora-nee-ye) ListokTicket (LEES-tok) LetenkaFlight ticket (LAT-an-kha) Kde je tu zastvka autobusu?Where is the bus stop? (kdeh yeh too zahs-TAAVkah OW-toh-boo-soo) Kde je tu zastvka elektriky?Where is the tram stop? (kdeh yeh too zahs-TAAVkah eh-lehk-TREECHkee) Ktorou linkou sa dostanem do? Which line takes me to? (ktoh-ROW leenKOW sah dohs-TAHnehm doh?) Ktorm autobusom sa dostanem do? Which bus go to? (KTOH-reem ow-TOOboo-soom sah dohsTAH-nehm doh?) Chcel by som jednosmern / spiaton lstok.I would like a one way / return ticket. Ako sa dostanem do? How do I get to? (ahko sah dohs-TAHnehm doh?) Je to odtiato aleko? / blzko?Is it far? / closeby? (yeh toh ohdTEE-ah-ehl-toh dewAH-leh-koh / BLEEZkoh) D sa tam s pei?Can I walk there? (daa sah tahm eestoo PEHshee) Ako aleko je to od? How far is it from? Kde mame vystupit? Can you tell us where to get off? Koko stoj lstok na MHD?How much is a ticket for city transport?

Colours
iernablack (CHEE_ehrnah) modrblue (MOH-drah) hnedbrown (HNEH-daa) zelengreen (ZEH-lehnaa) oranovorange (OHRAHN-zhoh-vaa) ruovpink (ROO-zhohvaa) nachovpurple (NAHkoh-vaa) ervenred (CHEHR-vehnaa) bielawhite (BEE_eh-lah) ltyellow (ZHUL-taa)

Travel & Transport

AutoCar (OW-toh) TaxiTaxi (TAHK-see) AutobusBus (ow-TOHboos) LetiskoAirport (LAT-iskoh) LietadloAirplane (lee-EHtah-dloh / lee-AT-adloh) VlakTrain (vlahk / wluck) ElektrickaTram (ehLACK-tretch-kha) LoBoat / Ship (lohd) StanicaStation (STAHnet-tsah) NastupistePlatform (NAAS-toop-ish-tah)

Directions
Kde je..?Where is? (kdeh yeh?) Kadia?Which way? Mete mi ukza ? Can you show me ? Chote rovno.Go straight ahead. Zabote do ava / prava. Turn left / right. Stop! / Stojte!Stop! Na rohu.At the corner. ZaBehind PredIn front of alekoFar BlzkoClose SeverNorth JuhSouth
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ZpadWest VchodEast Zostanem tuIm going to stay for (ZOHStah-nehm too) Jedna nocOne night (Yeh-dehn nohts) Jeden deOne day (Yehdehn deh) Dva dniTwo days (dvah dnee) Jeden tdeOne week (YEH-dehn TEEZHde) Jedna osobaOne person Koko to stoj? (na noc / na osobu)How much is it? (per night / per person) tyeh, HOH-voh-ree-teh poh AHN-glits-ki?) Hovor(tu) niekto po anglicky?Does anyone here speak English? (HOH-voh-ree (too) nyiek-toh poh AHN-glits-ki?) Prosim?I beg your pardon? Hovorte prosm pomalie.Please speak more slowly. Rozumiete?Do you understand? Nerozumiem po slovensky.I do not understand Slovak. Nerozumiem.I do not understand. (neh ROH-zoo-myehm) Mete mi to, prosm, napsa?Could you write it down, please? Ako sa po slovensky povie ?How do you say in Slovak? o (to) znamen ? What does (it) mean?

Taxis
Mete ma zavies do? Can you take me to? (mwoh-ZHEH-teh mah zah-VEE-ehs-too doh?) Zaveste ma prosm do Please take me to (zah-VEHS-teh mah PROH-seeem doh) Koko to bude st do? How much does it cost to go to? (KOHhelh-koh toh BOO-deh staa-too doh) A po najbli roh, prosm.The next corner, please. (ahzh poh nahj-BLEEZHsheee roh, PROHseeem) Zastavte tu, prosm. Stop here, please. (zahs-TAHV-teh too, PROH-seeem)

Hotel & Accomodation

Mate von izby?Are there vacant rooms? Kolko stoji jednoposteov / dvojposteov izba / apartmn? How much is a singlebed room / double-bed room / suite? Kde je moja batoina? Wheres my luggage? Je na izbe sprcha / vaa / WC?Is there shower / tub / WC in the room?

Reservation
Chcel by som si rezervova Id like to book DtumDate OdFrom (date) DoTo (date) Kreditn kartaCredit card sloNumber CenaPrice Prosm o potvrdenie. Please confirm.

In the street
Pomoc!Help! (POH-mots!) Potrebujem pomocI need help. (POH-tre-booyehm POH-mots!)
Mete mi prosm pomct?Can you help me, please? (mwoh-ZHEH-teh mi PROH-seeem POHmwohtst?)

Language Difficulties
Prepte, hovorte po anglicky?Excuse me, do you speak English? (PREH-paach-

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Nevyznm sa tu!Im lost! (neh-VIZ-naam sah too) Je tu niekde telefnne bdka?Is there a phone box here? Kde je toaleta?Where is the bathroom (toilet)? (kdeh jeh ZAA-khohdi?) Kde s tu zchody? Where are the toilets? (deh soo too zaa-KOHdee) Koko to stoj?How much is it? Kde je turistick informan centrum?Where is a tourist information office? Kde je najblizsie oberstvenie? Where is the nearest [fast]food? et prosim!We would like to have a bill! Prosm, zaplatm!Bill please! Je tento stol rezervovany?Is this table reserved? Meme si rezervova stl?May we reserve a table? Meme poprosit ? May we have ? Ponahlame sa!Were in hurry!

Eating Out Soup Polievka

slepaci vvar / hovadzi vyvarchicken soup / bouillon zemiakov polievka potato soup zeleninov polievka vegetable soup oovicov polievka lentil soup fazuova polievkabean soup hrachov polievkapea soup paradajkov polievka tomato soup

Eating Out Drinks Npoje

Co pijes?What would you like to drink? (TSHOH pe-yahs?) Pivobeer (PEE-woh) capovane pivo / fakov pivobeer on tap / bottled beer vnowine (WEE-noh) erven vno / biele vno red wine / white wine vodawater ist vodatap water minerlna vodamineral water jablkov ds / pomarancovy ds apple juice / orange juice kvacoffee (KAA-wah) ajtea (TSH-ay) ovocn ajfruit tea zelen ajgreen tea

Eating Out Appetiser Predjedl

chliebbread pecivobuns or rolls maslobutter demjam syrcheese nivasoft blue cheese otiepoksmoked curd tvarohcurd cheese sosalt koreneniepepper (spice)

Eating Out
RetaurciaRestaurant (RESH-tau-raat-seeaah) Cafe / KaviarenCafe (KAA-v-are-n) Vinaren / ViechaWinetavern (WEEN-are-n) JedloMeal (YAAD-loh) Jedlny listokMenu (YEDD-aal-nee LEEtock) Mte jedalny listok v anglitine?Do you have a menu in English?

Eating Out Side dishes

ryzarice varene zemiakyboiled potatoes opekane zemiakybaked potatoes
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paradajkapotato hranolkyFrench fries hranolky chipschips cestovinypasta

FruitOvocie
bannbanana broskyapeach citrnlemon hroznograpes hrukapear jablkoapple marhuaapricot pomaranorqange erenecherry vodn melnwater melon ananspineapple mrkvacarrot uhorkacucumber

Eating Out Main CourseHlavn jedlo

msomeat hovdziebeef evabiispiced meatballs bravovpork kuraciechicken peienkaroast morcacieturkey teacieveal unkaham kaicaduck salmsalami klobsysausage slaninabacon teacieveal rybyfish kaporcarp makrelamackeral pstruhtrout treskacod vajceegg

Vegetables Zelenina
brokolicabroccoli zemiakypotatoes cibuaonion cesnakgarlic huby, ampiny mushrooms hrachpeas karfiolcauliflower paradajkatomato pentspinach kapustacabbage paprikacapsicum / pepper altsalad

Eating Out Desserts Dezerty

zmrzlinaice cream (SMRSS-lee-nah) kolaccake zakuskypastries (ZAAHkoos-keeh)

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Notes on Speech
Slovakwritten as it soundsisn't as difficult as it looks. Only four diacritical marks occur in Slovak, the most common being: , which lengthens a vowel (does not imply stress), and , which softens a consonant. Palatalisation is widely used in Slovak, and stress usually falls on the first syllable, but try not to exaggerate it as it would be in English or in German.

Diphthongs
ialike 'i' in "lit" and 'a' in "above"; ielike 'i' in "bit" and 'e' in "energy"; iulike 'i' in "it" and 'oo' in "took"; like 'wo' in "won";

qlike 'q' in "quest" rlike spanish 'r' in "rico" (slightly trilled) like spanish 'rr' in "carro" (longer trilled) slike 's' in "son" like 'sh' in "fish" tlike 't' in "hot" like 'tu' in "tune" vlike 'v' in "van" wlike 'w' in "wasp" xlike 'ks' in "bricks" zlike 'z' in "zero" like 'su' in "pleasure"

Consonants
blike 'b' in "baby" clike 'ts' in "bets" like 'ch' in "church" dlike 'd' in "day" like 'd' in "dew" DZlike 'zz' in Italian "azzuro" Dlike 'j' in "juice" flike 'f' in "fine" glike 'g' in "game" (hard 'g' sound) hlike 'h' in "hot", regardless of its position in the word; CHrasping 'ch' sound as the spanish Juan or "rojo" a gargled sound; jlike 'y' in "yes" klike 'k' in "kick" llike 'l' in "luck" (hold this l a little longer); seldom used Like the spanish 'el' or like 'el' in "element" mlike 'm' in "moon" nlike 'n' in "nine" like 'ni' in "onion" or the spanish '' in "seor"; like 'wa' in "want" plike 'p' in "paper"

Short Vowels
alike 'a' in "amigo" (short 'a' sound) like 'ae' in "aerial" elike 'e' in "bet" ilike 'i' in "hit" (short 'i' sound) olike 'o' in "sport" ulike 'u' in "book" ylike 'y' in "city"

Notes on Gender
The Slovak language has many inflexions, where words have several forms according to differing endings. And, the language has three genders, masculine, feminine, and neuter. Persons, objects, animals and plants, etc. are all distinguished by gender. Different adjective endings are used for each gender. Masculine uses the ending, - Feminine uses the ending, - Neuter uses the ending, -.

Long Vowels
like 'a' in "far" (long 'a' sound) like '' in "fianc" (long '' sound) like 'ee' in "see" (long 'i' sound) like 'oo' in "door" (long 'o' sound) like 'u' in "full" (long 'u' sound) like 'ee' in "weep" (long 'y' sound)

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Verb Conjugation
In Slovak, verbs have different endings for each person, singular and plural. There are several patternsgroups of verbs with the same ending having one verb pattern that is used for the conjugation of the other verbs of the group. In the basic form, infinitive, all verbs have the ending -. First person singularI The first person singular (JA) has the ending -m. hovoriJA hovorm taJA tam maJA mm Second person singular YOU With the exception of the verb by (which is irregular in many languages, as in Slovak) all verbs in the second person singular (TY) have the ending -. hovoriTY hovor taTY ta maTY m Example: In Slovak we distinguish three tenses: present (pe -> write), past (psal >wrote), and future (bude psa -> will write). Third person singular HE, SHE, IT In the present tense, verbs in the third person singular have the same form for all three genders. The first person singular has the ending -m, the second person has the ending -. For the third person, there are several optionsthe ending depends on the group to which the verb belongs. The following table contains an overview of each group (with verb patterns). You must know to which group a particular verb belongs. First person pluralWE In the first person plural (MY) all verbs end in -me.

Second person plural YOU In the second person plural (VY) all verbs end in -te. Third person pluralTHEY, THEY In the third person plural (ONI, ONY) all verbs end in -, -j or -ia.

volavolaj niesnies
pracovapracuj

vidievidia kriakriia robirobia

Apart from different endings, other minor changes may occur in the word root, such as: (i -> , a -> . Note: In the Slovak language, the subject (if expressed by a pronoun) may or may not be expressed: Som Zuzana. / Ja som Zuzana. Bva v Bratislave. / Ty bva v Bratislave. Both forms are correct. The second form is often used to put stress on the subject: JA bvam v Bratislave, TY v Trnave.

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Singular Infinitive 1. person (I) ber-iem chudn-em chyt-m e-em hyn-iem kri-m nes-iem Plural 2. 3. 1. 2. person person person person (You) (He/ (I) (You) She) -ie -e - -e -ie - -ie -uje - -ie -e - -e -ie - -ie -uje - -ie -ie - -e -e -ieme -eme -me -eme -ieme -me -ieme -iete -ete -te -ete -iete -te -iete Singular Imperative 3. 2. person person (He/ She) - - -aj - - -ia - -uj -ia -ej - -ia - - ber! chudn-i! chyt-aj! e! hy! kri! nes! prac-uj! rob! rozum-ej! tr-i! vi! n-i! u-j! Singular Past tense 3. 3rd person

br-a chudn- chyt-a es-a hyn- kri-a nies-

br-al chud-ol chyt-al es-al hyn-ul kri-al nies-ol prac-oval rob-il rozum-el tr-el vid-el a-l u-l

prac-ova prac-ujem rob-i rob-m

-ujeme -ujete -me -ieme -ieme -me -eme -eme -te -iete -iete -te -ete -ete

rozum-ie rozum-iem -ie tr-ie vid-ie -a u- tr-iem vid-m n-em u-j-em -ie - -e -e

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Slovak alphabet (slovensk abeceda) & pronunciation
The Alphabet (abeceda) Pronunciation Example English Pronunciation garden, apple father, audit Aegean, aerial bat, brother its, tsetse y chips, match day, do dew, deuce beds, boards john, juice enter, exit their, fair foot, flower gardener, go house, history
Sound

aah aahh aeh beh tseh ch deh dj dz dg air ehr ef geh hhaa

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The Alphabet (abeceda) Pronunciation Example English Pronunciation Bach income, sit sea, bee, tee yet, you king, cocoa love, like Louvre million, lube mother, mice null, net Newton, news orbit, colt door, oor won't, woefel chip, power kvet
Sound

hka iee iea yeh kah el dl-hela elyah em en nyea oh oeh woh peh k-veh

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The Alphabet (abeceda) Pronunciation Example English Pronunciation roll up the rim a very rolled r sun, star show, shower take, potato tube, tune tuna, do fool, stool vision, voice Walter, whiskey taxi city feable, feel zeal, zebra pleasure, treasure
Sound

ehrr dl-helehrr es esh teh tche oow oouh veh dvoyta -veh ix ipsilon eee zedt zzuh

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