Greetings, Polite Expressions and useful phrases

I was talking to my sister-in-law (ŝvagriná) and she said she'd really like to know how to greet people in Slovak. So this page is for her.

I've put in approximate pronunciation guides in parenthesis after the word. I also put in for myself a sentence to imagine in my head to help me remember the word. (I don't usually remember the sentence but for some reason it helps me remember the word) If you can think of any sentence that works for you, let me know and I'll be glad to put them in. Also any mistakes, let me know.

Greetings

• Hello, Good Day is Dobrý deń (Du-bree denyuh) Image that you DUB REE a DEN You'll love.
• Good Night is Dobrú noc (Du-broo nots) Image brewing beer and that DUH BREW NOT'S done yet.

1. OK, so what do you think Dobre (Du breh) means?
2. Zle (Zleh) is the opposite of Dobre, So what does Zle mean?

• See you later, Good bye is Do videnia (Du vee deh nya)

Polite expressions

• When you bump into someone you say Prepáćte (Preh paach teh) which means Excuse me. Excuse me, are you telling me that you PRE-PATCH TEa bags before using them?
  
• When making a request use Prosím (Pro seem) which means Please, one of the magic words your Mom made you use. The golf PRO SEEMS upset that his friend didn't say please before asking to borrow his expensive clubs.
• When someone does something nice for you, say Ďakujem (Dya koo yem) which means Thank you. Your loved ones gives you a real cool gem and you thank them over and over while saying YAAH, thats a COOL GEM.

Other useful words

Your mom has been feeling poorly so you ask her “Ako sa máte?” (Ah ko sa maa teh) and she answers, “Zle.”

3. What do you think “Ako sa máte?” means?

Sometimes you think that a two year olds' favorite word is Nie (Nye) which means No.

4. The opposite of Nie is Áno. What do you think Áno means?


Answers:
1. Dobre means Good, Fine.
2. Zle means Bad.
3. “Ako sa máte?” means “How are you?”
4. Áno means Yes.

A quick quiz to see what you remember

How do you say the following in English?

1. Dobrý deń
2. Dobrú noc
3. Dobre
4. Zle
5. Do videnia
6. Prepáćte
7. Prosím
8. Ďakujem
9. Ako sa máte?
10. Nie
11. Áno

How do you say the following in Slovak?

1. Good day, hello
2. Good night
3. Good
4. Bad
5. See you later, good-bye
6. excuse me
7. please
8. thank you
9. How are you?
10. No
11. Yes

Here's the same words in Polish. (Somewhat similar.)

1. Dzień dobry
2. Dobranoc
3. Dobry
4. Zły
5. Do widzenia
6. Przepraszam
7. Proszę
8. Dziękuję
9. Jak się masz?
10. Nie
11. Tak

Until next time, Do videnia.

© y1htak 2008

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