lesson 3

Question 1

lazy

Answer 1

lenivý

Question 2

walk

Answer 2

prechádzky

Question 3

I like to go for walks.

Answer 3

rada chodím prechádzky

Question 4

to run

Answer 4

behať

Question 5

i like water

Answer 5

mám vodu ráda

Question 6

athlete

Answer 6

športovkyňa(fem) športovec(masc)

Question 7

you know igor?

Answer 7

poznáš Igora?

Question 8

And you have a sister too.

Answer 8

A máš aj sestru.

Question 9

why are you asking?

Answer 9

Prečo sa pýtaš?

Question 10

to ask

Answer 10

pytať

Question 11

I ask

Answer 11

pýtam sa

Question 12

because

Answer 12

Pretože

Question 13

because I want to know

Answer 13

Pretože to chcem vedieť.

Question 14

daughter

Answer 14

dcéra

Question 15

son

Answer 15

syn

Question 16

vnučka, vnuk

Answer 16

granddaughter, grandson

Question 17

manželka, manžel, manželia

Answer 17

wife, husnband, couple

Question 18

parents

Answer 18

rodičia

Question 19

grandparnets

Answer 19

starí rodičia

Question 20

child, children

Answer 20

dieťa, deti

Question 21

relatives

Answer 21

príbuzný

Question 22

dievča and dieťa are both neutral

Answer 22

.

Question 23

uncle, amoo

Answer 23

strýko

Question 24

uncle, dai

Answer 24

ujo, ujko

Question 25

The basic, dictionary form of a Slovak noun is the subject form, called the nominative case. This is used for naming, and for the subject (agent, doer) of a verb:

Answer 25

oteč vari: father is cooking

Question 26

A noun directly affected by a verb is called its object. In Slovak you often have to put objects into a special form, called the accusative.

Answer 26

oteč varí VEČERU.

Question 27

Accusative: nouns -a

Answer 27

-u and most are feminine

Question 28

Accusative: nouns for males:

Answer 28

-a

Question 29

Accusative: all other than -a and male nouns:

Answer 29

unchanged

Question 30

prepositions are followed by accusative

Answer 30

čakam na vieru I am waiting for viera

Question 31

to give

Answer 31

dávať

Question 32

Pre 'for the benefit of and cez 'through/across' also require the accusative:

Answer 32

To je kniha pre Vieru. To je kniha pre Igora. Most cez rieku. That is a book for Viera. That is a book for Igor. A bridge across the river.

Question 33

to look

Answer 33

Pozerať

Question 34

i look through the window

Answer 34

pozerám cez okno

Question 35

To say you know a person or place, use:

Answer 35

poznat', not vediet'. (Vediet' is for facts, information and skills.)

Question 36

They don't have a mother.

Answer 36

Oni nemajú matku.

Question 37

Yes, I run occasionally.

Answer 37

Áno, behám občas

Question 38

Do you go for walks?

Answer 38

Chodíte na prechádzky?

Question 39

somone, somebody

Answer 39

niekoho

Question 40

but I don't know if I have the correct address.

Answer 40

Ale neviem, či mám správnu adresu."

Question 41

who are you looking for

Answer 41

koho hľadáte?