Colloquial Slovak
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Colloquial Slovak

The Complete Course for Beginners

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The Complete Course for Beginners

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Colloquial Slovak: The Complete Course for Beginners has been carefully developed by an experienced teacher to provide a step-by-step course to Slovak as it is written and spoken today.

Combining a clear, practical and accessible style with a methodical and thorough treatment of the language, it equips learners with the essential skills needed to communicate confidently and effectively in Slovak in a broad range of situations. No prior knowledge of the language is required.

Colloquial Slovak is exceptional; each unit presents a wealth of grammatical points that are reinforced with a wide range of exercises for regular practice. A full answer key, a grammar summary, bilingual glossaries and English translations of dialogues can be found at the back as well as useful vocabulary lists throughout.

Key features include:

  • A clear, user-friendly format designed to help learners progressively build up their speaking, listening, reading and writing skills


  • Jargon-free, succinct and clearly structured explanations of grammar


  • An extensive range of focused and dynamic supportive exercises


  • Realistic and entertaining dialogues covering a broad variety of narrative situations


  • Helpful cultural points explaining the customs and features of life in Slovakia


  • An overview of the sounds of Slovak

Balanced, comprehensive and rewarding, Colloquial Slovak is an indispensable resource both for independent learners and students taking courses in Slovak.

Audio material to accompany the course is available to download free in MP3 format from www.routledge.com/cw/colloquials. Recorded by native speakers, the audio material features the dialogues and texts from the book and will help develop your listening and pronunciation skills.

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Publisher
Routledge
Year
2015
ISBN
9781317304920
Edition
2

Unit One
Ako sa mĂĄte?

How are you?
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In this unit you will learn about:
  • greetings, ‘please’ and ‘thank you’
  • ‘I’, ‘you’, ‘he/she/it’ etc.
  • ‘be’ and ‘have’
  • asking questions
  • using adjectives
  • forming the present tense of some
  • saying ‘yes’, ‘no’ and ‘not’

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Dialogue 1

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(Audio 1:23)

Meeting up and introducing yourself: Neil Parker arrives in Bratislava. He’s met at the airport, letisko, by Viera.
NEIL DobrĂ˝ dep. Vy ste Viera OndruĹĄovĂĄ?
VIERA Áno. To som ja.
NEIL TeĹĄĂ­ ma. Ja som Neil Parker.
VIERA VĂ­tam vĂĄs v Bratislave! Vy ste amerioan?
NEIL Nie! Ja som anglioan. Moja manĹželka je amerioanka.
VIERA ale hovorĂ­te dobre po slovensky!
NEIL Učím sa len rok. Trochu rozumiem, ale hovorím zle.
VIERA ale nie! HovorĂ­te pekne! MĂĄte kufor?
NEIL Áno, måm. Samozrejme. Tu je.
VIERA Tak dobre. Pod’me. auto čaká vonku.
NEIL Hello (lit. ‘Good day’). You are Viera Ondrušová?
VIERA Yes. That is me.
NEIL Pleased to meet you. I am Neil Parker.
VIERA Welcome to Bratislava! Are you (an) American?
NEIL No. I am English. My wife is American.
VIERA But you speak Slovak well!
NEIL I’ve been learning for only a year. I understand a bit, but
I speak badly.
VIERA But no! You speak nicely! Do you have a suitcase?
NEIL Yes, I do. Of course. Here it is.
VIERA So good. Let’s go. The car’s waiting outside.

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Vocabulary

dobrý deň hello (lit. ‘good day’)
(vy) ste you are
(ja) som I am
teĹĄĂ­ ma pleased to meet you (lit...

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Table of Contents
  5. Preface
  6. Abbreviations
  7. Introduction
  8. Pronunciation guide
  9. 1 Ako sa mĂĄte? How are you?
  10. 2 Čo robíte? What are you doing?
  11. 3 Si lenivĂĄ? Are you lazy?
  12. 4 Idem do mesta I’m going to town
  13. 5 Chcem íst’ do kina I want to go to the cinema
  14. 6 To je krásna dedina! That’s a lovely village!
  15. 7 Raňajky, obed, večera Breakfast, lunch, supper
  16. 8 Chcela napísat’ e-mail She wanted to write an email
  17. 9 Stratila som cestovný pas I’ve lost my passport
  18. 10 Môžem íst’ d’alej? Can I come in?
  19. 11 Nakupovanie Shopping
  20. 12 Kol’ko je hodín? What time is it?
  21. 13 Ako mačka s myšou Like a cat with a mouse
  22. 14 Sveter, Tatry a L’udovít Štúr A sweater, the Tatras and L’udovít Štúr
  23. 15 ko keby? What if?
  24. 16 Máte vol’ný stôl? Do you have a free table?
  25. Grammar summary
  26. Key to exercises
  27. Slovak–English glossary
  28. English–Slovak glossary
  29. Index of language points