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    Slovak: vzduch je čistý

    the SSSJ dictionary says: " vzduch je čistý" (nič podozrivého sa nedeje, nikoho podozrivého nevidno) but all the Slvak texts I have read translate this way the English idiom: " the coast is clear" which means " there is nobody in sight, there is no danger, nobody is watching" can the Slovak...
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    Slovak: Nemám ani koronú / Nemám ani piatku, ani sviatku

    The former is in accusative, the latter is in genitive. Is it the correct interpretation that present Slovak prefers ACC after "ani"? Fyki before I posted it I had checked this thread, too: All Slavic languages: genitive after negated verbs
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    Slovak: academic pronounciation of "tie"

    Does it begin with a hard "t" or with a soft "ť"? Even on forvo I found both versions, see https://forvo.com/word/bez_vody_bud%C3%BA_tie_rastliny_hyn%C3%BA%C5%A5./ Btw is there a good source to check the proper Slovak pronounciation? I don’t trust the pronounciation tool of Google Translate...
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    Slovak: Do trvá

    Dobrý den, měla bych dotaz k této slovenské větě (z úředního potvrzení): „Je poskytovaný peňažný príspevok na osobnú asistenciu od 01.03.2005 do trvá." Můj problém je formulace „do trvá". Chybí tam možná jen dvojtečka? („od: 01.03.2005 do: trvá")? Znamená to prostě, že stav/nárok v okamžiku...
  5. A

    practical joke

    A practical joke involves some sort of physical act, like putting a live lobster down someone's bed, a bucket of water on a door, a lizard in a bag, salt in the sugar cellar etc, It is usuaully tanslated with : kanadsky zartik or recesia (Czech: recese) but both mean zlomiselny, hruby zart...
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    Slovak: square

    A square in geometry is a štvorec, while a quadrangle is a štvoruholník, like a rombus but I found translations in which square is translated as štvoruholník, an even Lingea lists tthem together, is this a mistake ?
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    Slovak: prezerať (si)

    May there be any other meaning of the use of the optional "si" with "prezerať" apart from the usual "to himself". Eg. a meaning of thoroughness or can it be a modificator of slowness, repetitiveness, this sort of ideas I have. With "prezrieť, pozerať, pozrieť" etc. I met only with optional...
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    Slovak: bench press

    On wikipedia it is not translated, is this English term is really understood in Slovakia? The Czech page adds an explanation: "Bench-press (soupažný tlak v lehu na rovné lavici s velkou činkou)" what is the Slovak for "soupažný"?
  9. A

    Slovak: tato vodka teda píše

    tato vodka teda píše Hi I found this idiom it should mean: it is really strong have you ever heard it? Can it be used with anything?
  10. A

    Slovak: certified email

    Certified email Hello do you say: certifikovaná elektronická pošta? and what is the link in SK, if there is one
  11. A

    Slovak: Good heart

    Má dobré / zlé srdce Can these sentences have double meaning? I suppose so, but, in that case, whitout a context, does "he is kind" and " he is ill" come first to your mind?
  12. A

    Slovak: head of a cabbage

    Lingea translates 'heart' 6.: srdiečko (šalatu, kapusty) but in English the heart of a cabbage is the hard core, whereas JULS says: srdiečko -a -čok s. zdrob.,vyšívať s-a; vykrojiť s. (zo šalátu) stredné lístky Is that just a mistake, or you canrefer also to the 'jadro kapusty'?
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    Slovak: feed

    I have a problem finding nouns in Slovak dictionaries, since even in the huge SSSJ they have no dignity and seldom have an individual headword. Although I lived in Slovakia for 12 years, I can never get the exact meaning of a noun that must be guessed, derived from the verb especially when it...
  14. A

    Slovak: I'll put you on hold

    Speaking on the phone someone might need to gather info and tells you they are 'putting you on hold', what is the common Slovak equivalent? Is there a standard phrase or they'll just say " wait on line, while I check" or other?
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    Slovak: adjective after noun

    So far I did not meet the structure of <noun> <adjective>, but today I saw "myš polná, králik domáci, myš domová, zajac polný". I know that in some languages weput the adjective after the noun to give an emphasis. In Slovak does the change in the position of adjective happen in this special...
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    Slovak: V zoologickej záhrade majú medveďa hnedého a medveďa bieleho.

    I read a sentence: "V zoologickej záhrade majú medveďa hnedého a medveďa bieleho." Is it a grammatically correct sentence? The bears are in accusative case, so they are the object of mať. But the grammatical subject is hidden, we only know that there are more than one, because the verb is in...
  17. F

    Slovak - Cycling term

    Hi! I'm creating a English-Slovak vocabulary about road cycling, but I'm struggling with the word "bike throw". This is the technical gesture made by a sprinter in order to cross the finish line ahead of their rivals. In English, the word is a "bike throw". In French, a "jeter de vélo". In...
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    bistrica/bystrica in city names

    I've noticed quite a few city names across Slovakia, Slovenia and Croatia with this in the name. I know bistar/bistrina refers to clarity; does "bistrica"/"bystrica" mean something related with respect to a geographical feature?
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    Slovak: cipy

    From a medical report written in Slovak: In the first sentence, "sten", "reg" and "ao asc." may be short for "stenosis", "regurgitation" and "ascending aorta", respectively. In the second sentence, "mitralis mierne deg" may mean "The mitral valve is slightly degeneratively altered". But what...
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    Slovak: (1 vs 2-4 vs 5-) clear, but what with decimals?

    1) "Pol/polovica metra". Note: "polovica" is a noun, "pol" is a numeral, but both requires G. Clear. Q1) What if I say 0.01, 0.23, 0.5 or 0.99? Do they all do with "metra"? I mean those can be read not just as "zlomky", but also as "nula celých ....." Eg. "nula celých nula jeden metra"???? 2)...
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    Slovak: Slovensko 1.

    Slovak radio was called Slovensko 1 between 1/1/1993-5/9/2000. I just wonder whether "1" was pronounced "jedna" aligning to (rozhlasová) stanica or "jedno" (see rádio or perhaps Slovensko). I looked for some audio and/or video content on the web, but could not satisfy my curiousity.
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    Slovak: Inštalácia elektrických rozvodov a zariadení na bezpečné napätie

    Dobrý večer, ozývám se s dotazem ke slovenskému výrazu: „Inštalácia elektrických rozvodov a zariadení na bezpečné napätie". Co tady patří dohromady: Inštalácia a) elektrických rozvodov + b) zariadení na bezpečné napätie? Nebo: Inštalácia a) elektrických rozvodov na bezpečné napätie + b)...
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    Slovak: Komplikovaná slovenská věta

    Dobrý večer, bojuji s jednou slovenskou větou: "Osvedčenie je platné pre všetky systémy, u ktorých výrobca, zástupca výrobcu alebo užívateľ nevykonali zmeny vo vyhotovení a vybavení dovezené a distribuované najneskôr do 01.12.2020." Kde tady končí vztažná věta („u ktorých.....") a k čemu...
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    Stupeň dôvernosti: VJ

    Ahoj, mohl by mi snad někdo říct, co znamená zkratka „VJ" v tomto slovenském sousloví: Stupeň dôvernosti: VJ (Jedná se o důvěrnost jednoho dokumentu.) Omlouvám se, že se ptám česky, slovenštinu bohužel neovládám aktivně (češtinu také jen do jisté míry). Předem děkuji a přeji hezký večer...
  25. Encolpius

    Slovak: serail

    Zdravím, Slovník cudzích slov uvádza - serajl Slovník slovenského jazyka- seraj /čiže bez -l/ Ako to vyslovujete vy? (napr. únos zo serailu) Ďakujem.
  26. fodor.oli

    Slovak: tie up loose ends/threads

    Ahoj everyone! I simply cannot recall the Slovak version of the idiom "tie up loose ends/threads". I have consulted two dictionaries and the web but haven ́t found anything idiomatic. Can anyone help me? Thank you in advance!
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    Slovak: jednotka/jednička/jedinka & some online resources about Slovak numbers

    First just to share an online resource which might be useful for others learning Slovak. It is about numerals Declension of Slovak numbers - Language tools It also has some words about the cases involving numerals. There is another resource about numerals, but it is just a table without...
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    Slovak: Vám bolo dobre a veselo

    It is true that I learn Slovak quite irregularly, but only a 3 years after the start of this hobby learning I met a sort of basic structure which sounded quite strange to my . Something was good [adj.] for you. (Something made you feel good, thus) you felt good [adv]. "Vám (niečo) bolo dobré...
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    Slovak: "na" & "v" before days incl. "deň"

    It is quite clear for me that "on Monday, Tuesday etc." is "v pondelok, utorok atd.", while "by Monday, Tuesday etc." is "na pondelok, utorok atd.". On the other hand I found out that "(on) the next day" was "na druhý den", so not with "v", but with "na". But if "na" is used with this meaning...
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    Slovak: Cez deň & vo dne

    I faced "vo dne" as a unique form of the locative of the word "deň", contrasting "o dni". When I looked up the meaning and usage of "vo dne", I found it mainly in the expression "vo dne v noci", but not only together "v noci", sometimes simply as "vo dne". Finally I learnt another form "cez...
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    Slovak: Neuter form of verbs when the subject is masculine/feminine

    Example: "V ptvej triede sa prihlásilo trinásť žiakov. Päť malo aj peniaze." Why is the the neuter used instead of "sa prihlásil"? Fyki there is a same sort of sentence with "žiacok" and again the neuter form is used instead of "sa prihlásila". Thus I excluded the potential explanation that...
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    Slovak: Pronounciation of "U Ficovcov"

    Hello, after a long silence I am returning with not a silent question: in standard Slovak is "Ficovcov" pronounced like ~"ficoucou", or the first "v" becomes "f"? Google suggests the first one, and if I syllable it like "Fi-cov-cov" then it seems to be logical. But if I consider that the...
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    -sko endings in CZ/SK for country names

    As I understand it, names like Česko and Chorvatsko are nouns and declined as such. But the ending suggests that these names might have been adjectives a long time ago, like they still are in BCS. In BCS, the endings are feminine and are understood to modify feminine nouns like zemlja or...
  34. AndrasBP

    Slovak: jeden / sedem (pronunciation)

    Hello, Could you explain why the /d/ is palatalized in 'sedem', but not in 'jeden'? Is there a rule behind the difference?
  35. Rosett

    Slovak: Slová vďačnosti

    Dobrý deň všetkým. Aké sú najlepšie slová na poďakovanie rodine majiteľov domu za ich veľkorysú pohostinnosť a chutné pochúťky? Ďakujeme za vaše návrhy.
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    Slovak: positioning "rád/rada/etc."

    Hi, for me it is more or less clear by now where to put "sa/si" in a sentence , and also that "že" or "aj" do not count when we define the word order, but a personal pronoum as the subject or a word like "aký" count. If there is no "sa/si", just a ‘naked’ verb like "je", "má", "učí", it is...
  37. Encolpius

    Slovak: čo to za novina

    Zdravím, hádam, poznáte pesničku: Ešte som sa neoženil...Je tam veta: "Opýtame sa mlynára, čo to za novina", nemalo by to byť "za novinu". Voľáky som z toho zmätený. 😂 Ďakujem. Enco.
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    Slovak: (na)ozaj <?= (na)o|zai[ste] pod|u|jat[’]|ie <?= jať

    The more Slovak words I face the more requently I have a feeling that there may be some relationship between them. Until now I have not found a good source to check my etymological intuitions, so I listed two of them in the subject. A) So is it a correct intuition that the letter "j" is the...
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    Slovak: "to make it move" with (po)hýbať, (po)hnúť, pohybovať, pohýnať

    1. Apart from that 3 of them are perfective verbs, 3 of them are imperfective, can I say that their basic meanings are the very same, and it is "to make it move"? 2. Hnúť and hýbať seem to be a pair, as are pohnúť and pohýnať, but pohýbať and pohybovať are not linked to each other by the dics...
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    Slovak: Agreement between subjects and predicate & a similarity of the number of nouns

    Examples I found: 1. Kde parkuje autobus a taxíky? 2. ... ale radšej živé ako umelú reč. (NB: so more than one living languague) Is my interpretation is correct if I say that in Slovak one has to always agree 1. the grammatical number and person of the predicate with the closest subject if...
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    Slovak: puklina, prasklina,thrlina

    hi, reading many Slovak dictionaries I couldn't find an explanation to what prasklina and puklina ( pozdĺžna medzera vzniknutá puknutím, prasklina, trhlina) trhlina (voľný priestor vzniknutý roztrhnutím, rozdvojením niečoho) they both translated the English 'crack' which also means 'vzniknutý...
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    Slovak: being of sound mind

    Hi, Please advise, what is the meaning of "being of sound mind" in Slovak? Will / Závet I the undersigned xx being of sound mind and healthy in mind and body, of my own free will, without duress and coercion, after careful consideration, do hereby direct regarding all my property which I have...
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    Slovak: Ovláda ešte ďalších sto rečí.

    I read the sentence which is in the title. A) "Ovláda ešte ďalších sto rečí." And it made me confused, I am not sure whether it is correct. I think that "ovládať and its verbal forms require accusative. So "sto" is the object, which should be in accusative form. Which is "sto" also. Hence eg...
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    Slovak: priority of grammatical cases? If so, then N<A<G<L?

    1st case - nominative (N) 2nd case - genitive (G) 3rd case - dative (D) 4th case - accusative (A) 6th case - locative (L) 7th case - instrumental (I) So, these are the cases in Slovak and they are numbered. I always wondered whether the numbers meant anything more than an arbitrary order. And...
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    Slovak: pästiarstiev

    Since I am an autodidact learner it was not so easy to figure out when exactly we use the different forms in plural genitive of masculine and neuter nouns. The easisest rule seems to be that if there is a long vowel (or a sort of diphtong) in the penultimate syllable of the noun like in case...
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    Slovak: adjectives in dativ, "vedzím"

    In a table of my course book I found a word "vedzím" together with "dobrým" as examples of adjectives in dativ plural. I found no word like "vedzí" or "uvedzí" etc., the closest word I know is "medzi" which has no forms since it is not an adjective, but a preposition. "Cudzí" is a bit far bet...
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    Slovak: poslanec miestneho zastupiteľstva

    Hi, Please advise, what is the correct name of the position for a person elected by citizens of a city district (poslanec miestneho zastupiteľstva) (e.g. the Bratislava District II - Ruzinov; Bratislava has 5 city districts). The hierchy of competence is as follows - Regional - Town/City -...
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    Slovak: maškrtok

    Is this word one used earlier, but now extinct? Dictionaries show maškrtka as a living word, but not maškrtok. I found maškrtok in my course book as part of a sort of child-rhymes. Apart from that there are really rather few hits, some recipes of jarkin maškrtok and 2-3 more. (maškrtok -...
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    Slovak: Poludnie =/= obed, but predpoludním = doobeda ?

    In my mother language we also use different words for "obed" (eating) and "poludnie" (time/timespan of a day). But when we speak about the morning hours until 12:00, normallywe use only one word to describe it. We use the other only if we focus on the time ending at the moment of eating, which...
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    Slovak: pohár, liter, sveter <=> teplomer, večer

    When I started to learn Slovak I understood that the letter "r" is regarded as a hard consonant, but with a dual aspect (?) , so similarly to b, p, m, v, f, z and s, one can write both "i" and "y" after an "r". On the other hand when I met "pohár" as the first masculine noun ending with "r" I...
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