Slovak Nouns

Welcome to the third Slovak lesson about nouns. This time we will first learn about fruits and vegetables, followed by grammar rules, then food items, finally a conversation in Slovak to help you practice your daily phrases.

potatoes zemiaky

tomatoes paradajky

onions cibuľa

carrots mrkva

fruits ovocie

apples jablká

bananas banány

oranges pomaranče

Nouns Grammar Rules

In general nouns refer to a person, an object, or abstract ideas. For example: a fast runner the noun is [runner] because it refers to a person. The examples below use nouns in different ways and places to demonstrate how they behave in a sentence.

Grammar + Rules - Slovak
do you have milk? [verb + noun] máte mlieko?
I have milk and coffee [preposition + noun] mám mlieko a kávu
he has three apples [number + plural noun] má tri jablká
she only has one apple [number + singular noun] má iba jedno jablko
we live in a small house [adjective + noun] žijeme v malom domčeku
I like our breakfast [pronoun + noun] mám rád naše raňajky

The following are nouns of food items that you might be interested in learning and memorizing.

bread chlieb

milk mlieko

butter maslo

cheese syr

coffee káva

sandwich sendvič

meat mäso

chicken kura

fish ryba

breakfast raňajky

lunch obed

dinner večera

Conversation in Slovak

Now we finally reach the fun part, the practice of the daily conversations. These phrases are used to get to know new people, and break the ice.

English - Slovak
Do you speak (English/ Slovak)? hovoríte po (slovensky, anglicky)?
Just a little len trochu
I like Slovak páči sa mi slovenčina
Can I practice with you? môžem mať nejakú prax s vami?
How old are you? koľko máte rokov?
I'm thirty three years old mám tridsať tri rokov
It was nice talking to you bolo príjemne sa s vami porozprávať

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