Category Archives: Slovenčina

Slovenčina

Slovenčina – 2014-12-02

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More weather

 

  • Prší. – It is raining.
  • Mrholí. – It is raining. (lightly)
  • Sneží. – It is snowing.
  • Mrzne. – It is freezing.
  • Svieti slnko. – The sun is shining.
  • Padá dážď. – Rain is falling.
  • Padá sneh. – Snow is falling.
  • Padajú krúpy. – It is hailing.
  • Fúka vietor. – The wind is blowing.
  • Blýska sa. – There is lightning.
  • Hrmí. – There is thunder.
  • teplota – temperature
  • teplomer – thermometer

 

  • Koľko je dnes stupňov? – What’s the temperature today?
  • Dnes… – Today…
  • …je jeden stupeň. – (the temperature) is one degree.
  • …sú dva, tri, štyri stupne. – …two, three, four degrees.
  • …je (plus) päť, šesť, sedem stupňov. – (plus/positive) five, six, seven degrees.  (for 5 or more degrees)
  • …je mínus dvanásť stupňov. – …negative twelve degrees.

 

 

Slovenčina

Slovenčina – 2014-11-28

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Weather

  • Dnes je… – Today, it is…
  • …pekne. – nice.
  • …škaredo. – ugly.
  • …nádherne; krásne. – beautiful.
  • …príjemne. – pleasant.
  • …akurát. – just right.
  • …oblačno. – cloudy.
  • …zamračené. – overcast.
  • …polooblačno. – ‘semi-cloudy.’
  • …daždivo. – rainy.
  • …hmlisto. – foggy.
  • …veterno. – windy.
  • …chladno. – cold.
  • …teplo. – warm.
  • …horúco. – hot.
  • … slnečný. – sunny.

 

Examples:

  • Aké je dnes počasie? – What is the weather like today?
  • Ako je dnes? – What is the weather like today?
  • Ako je vonku? – What is the weather like outside?

 

Slovenčina

Slovenčina – 2014-11-23

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Svetové strany

  • sever – the north
  • juh – the south
  • východ – the east
  • západ – the west
  • na severe – in the north
  • na juhu – in the south
  • na východe – in the east
  • na západe – in the west
  • severný – north(ern)
  • južný – south(ern)
  • východný – east(ern)
  • západný – west(ern)
  • severné Slovensko – northern Slovakia
  • Južná Amerika – South America
  • Severná Karolína – North Carolina
  • východné pobrežie – East Coast
  • západná Afrika – West Africa
  • východná Ázia – East Asia
  • južná Európa – southern Europe

 

Slovenčina

Slovenčina – 2014-11-17

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  • Ak…, (tak)… – If…, (then)…
  • Ak je dnes sobota, tak zajtra bude nedeľa. – If today is Saturday, then tomorrow will be Sunday.
  • Ak bol predvčerom štvrtok, včera bol  piatok. –  If  the  day  before  yesterday  was  a  Thursday,  yesterday was a Friday.
  • Kedy…? – When…? (in questions)
  • Kedy bude medzinárodný filmový festival? – When will the international film festival be?
  • Keď…, … – When…, … (to introduce a clause)
  • Keď som bol mladý, bol som pekný, ale nebol som vôbec inteligentný.  –  When  I  was  young,  I  was good-looking, but I was not intelligent at all.

 

 

Slovenčina

Slovenčina – 2014-11-09

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Byť – Future Tense
Affirmative:

  • ja budem
  • ty budeš        
  • on bude
  • ona bude
  • my budeme
  • vy budete        
  • oni budú
  • ony budú

Negative:

  • ja nebudem
  • ty nebudeš        
  • on nebude
  • ona nebude
  • my nebudeme
  • vy nebudete        
  • oni nebudú
  • ony nebudú

Examples:

  • Zajtra bude veterný deň, ale bude veľmi teplo. – Tomorrow will be a windy day, but it will be very warm.
  • Vo februári budem v Bratislave a v marci znovu v Amerike. – In February, I will be in Bratislava, and in March again in America.

 

 

Slovenčina

Slovenčina – 2014-11-06

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Byť – past tense
Affirmative:

  • ja bol – I was (m.)
  • ja bola – I was (f.)
  • ty bol/-a – you were (sing. informal)
  • on bol – he was
  • ona bola – she was
  • my boli – we were
  • vy boli – you were (sing. formal, and plural)
  • oni boli – they were
  • ony boli – they were (group of females)

Negative:

  • ja nebol – I was not (m.)
  • ja nebola – I was not (f.)
  • ty nebol/-a – you were not (sing. informal)
  • on nebol – he was not
  • ona nebola – she was not
  • my neboli – we were not
  • vy neboli – you were not (sing. formal, and plural)
  • oni neboli – they were not
  • ony neboli – they were not (group of females)

Examples:

  • Jeho stolička nebola dostatočne vysoká. – His chair was not high enough.
  • Ten náš kolega bola v pondelok poobede taký pracovitý. – That (female) colleague of ours was so hard-working on Monday afternoon.