Even More Animals, My

Even More Animals

Had /hat/ (m) Snake - Imagine a SNAKE on your bed in your HUT.

Lev /lef/ (m) Lion - Imagine you accidently LEFt your LION in your car.

Medved' /med-vet'/ (m) Bear - Imagine seeing a BEAR MEDical VET at the hospital.

Somár /so-már/ (m) Donkey - Imagine a DONKEY making SO MORes.

Sliepka /slyep-ka/ (f) Hen - Imagine seeing a HEN SCHLEP KAlua to the big beach party.

Ovca /of-tsa/ (f) Sheep - Imagine that we OFT SAw sheep in the city park.

Questions:

How do you say the following in English?

1. Had
2. Lev
3. Medved'
4. Somár
5. Sliepka
6. Ovca

How do you say the following in Slovak?

1. Snake
2. Lion
3. Bear
4. Donkey
5. Hen
6. Sheep

Grammar

The Slovak word for "my" is "môj".

Questions

How do you say in English?

• Toto je môj vlk.

How do you say in Slovak?

• It is my wolf.

More Grammar

Môj is an possessive pronoun. It changes spelling depending on the gender of the word it is modifying.

• môj is the masculine version
• moja is the femine version (In general feminine possessive pronouns end in the letter a.)
• moje is the neuter version. (In general neuter possessive pronouns end in the letter e.)

More Questions

How do you say in English?

1. To je môj slon.
2. To je moja koza.
3. To je moje prasa.

How do you say in Slovak?

1. This is my elephant.
2. This is my goat.
3. This is my pig.

Pronunciation tips

• d sounds like d in deal
• The diacritic acute accent, ´, changes vowels to their long sound
• á sounds likes ah and is a long vowel
• ó sounds like aw and is long vowel
• ie is a long vowel dipthong where a brief i sound glides into the e sound
• Some voiced sounds become voiceless when pronounced at the end of a word or just before a voiceless sound
• The voiced d becomes the voiceless t.
• The voiced v becomes the voiceless f.

Until next time, Do videnia.
© Kathy Porubcan 2013
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Posted by y1htak at 6:47 AM