Today's episode is about the conjugation of the some irregular Slovak verbs in the past tense. Then you will practice them in short sentences. You will also learn how to ask “Did you travel abroad?” in Slovak.

Episode notes
Today, we are going to look at the first group of slightly irregular verbs, that is: the verbs with ending -ovať in the infinitive, and conjugate some of them in the past tense. For example: cestovať (to travel), raňajkovať (to have breakfast), obedovať (to have lunch), oslavovať (to celebrate), vinšovať (to wish), pracovať (to work), ďakovať (to thank), and so on. Then I will use them in short sentences. You will also learn how to ask “Did you travel abroad?” in Slovak.

Slovak lesson
1. the Verb cestovať (to travel)
cestoval som / cestovala som (I traveled)                        cestovali sme (we traveled)
cestoval si / cestovala si (you traveled)                         cestovali ste (you traveled)
cestoval / cestovala / cestovalo (he, she, it traveled) cestovali (they traveled)

2. the Verb raňajkovať (to have breakfast)
raňajkoval som / - la som (I had breakfast)     raňajkovali sme (we had breakfast)
raňajkoval si / - la si (you had breakfast)         raňajkovali ste (you had breakfast)
raňajkoval / -la /-lo (he, she, it had breakfast) raňajkovali (they had breakfast) 

3. the Verb obedovať (to have lunch)
obedoval som / - la som (I ate lunch)              obedovali sme (we ate lunch)
obedoval si / - la si (you ate lunch)                  obedovali ste (you ate lunch)
obedoval / - la / - lo (he, she, it ate lunch)      obedovali (they ate their lunch) 

Short sentences
1. V júni som mal narodeniny. (My birthday was in June.)
2. Chcel som cestovať do zahraničia. (I wanted to travel abroad.)
3. A tak som cestoval po Európe. (And so I traveled around Europe.)
4. Raňajkoval som vo Viedni. (I had breakfast in Vienna.)
5. Obedoval som v Mníchove. (I had lunch in Munich.)
6. Večeral som v Saltzburghu. (I had dinner in Salzburg.)
7. Ale oslavoval som v Bratislave. (But I celebrated in Bratislava.)
8. Ďakoval som všetkým, ktorí mi želali šťastné narodeniny. (I thanked everyone who wished me a happy birthday.)
9. Niektorí sa pýtali „Cestoval si do zahraničia?“ (Some asked "Did you travel abroad?")
10. Cestovali ste do zahraničia? (Did you travel abroad?)

Timestamps
00:39 Introduction to the episode
02:43 Slovak lesson
03:23 Overview of the Slovak past tense
05:35 Review (Test) of some Slovak verbs
09:28 Conjugation of some Slovak verbs in the past tense
19:03 Short sentences
21:52 Final thoughts

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