In this episode you will learn about the genders of singular Slovak nouns. You will also learn the numbers from 1 to 10, plus how to ask about a person’s age.  Today's fun fact is about the first knight of Michalovce and the Zemplin region. You will also have a legend about him in the second half of this show.

Episode notes

In this episode, I am talking about a nobleman from Michalovce who was a real-life knight in the Zemplin area in medieval times.  According to Slovak historians, he was a very brave knight and a really significant person from my hometown. 

Today, I am going to talk about him in my fun fact as well as in my legend. In the Slovak lessons, I’ll discuss the genders of Slovak nouns. You will also learn the numbers from 1 to 10, plus how to ask about a person’s age.

Slovak lesson
Slovak nouns have three grammatical genders: masculine, feminine and neuter.
Masculine nouns usually end in a consonant.
Feminine nouns usually end on –a.
Neuter nouns usually end on –o or -e. 

Masculine nouns:                    Feminine nouns:                         Neuter nouns:
muž – man                                    žena – woman                               auto - car
otec – father                               matka – mother                            mesto – town, city
syn – son                                       dcéra – daughter                          okno - window
doktor – doctor (male)         doktorka – doctor (female)     pero - pen
dom – house                               kniha – book                                    kino – movie theater
strom – tree                                dedina - village                               vajce - egg
pes – dog                                      mačka – cat (female)                   srdce - heart

Číslovky - Numbers
0        nula 
1        jeden     
2        dva
3        tri
4        štyri   
5        päť 
6        šesť
7        sedem
8        osem
9        deväť
10      desať     

Timestamps
00:30 Information about the episode
02:00 Fun fact
02:35 About Albert
06:53 About King Sigismund
08:20 Gender of Slovak nouns
14:25 Numbers
18:28 Legend about Knight Albert
26:14 Final thoughts

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