May 15, 2024

How to ask “Will you help me?“ in Slovak; Locative Case of Masculine Slovak Nouns in Singular – Part 1; Traditions and Customs on Žofia’s Day in Slovakia; S6 E15

27 minutes

Today's episode is about St. Sophia and Žofia’s Day in Slovakia. In the Slovak lesson, you will learn Locative case of Slovak inanimate masculine nouns in singular. You will also learn how to ask “Will you help me? “ in Slovak. At the end of this episode, you can find my short dialogue between two students.

Episode notes
In today's episode, I’m talking about St. Sophia and Žofia’s Day in Slovakia. In the Slovak lesson, you will learn Locative case of Slovak inanimate masculine nouns in singular. You will also learn how to ask “Will you help me? “ in Slovak. At the end of this episode, you can find a very short dialogue between two students.

Slovak lesson
a) masculine inanimate nouns ending in a hard consonant:
1. dom / v dome (house / in the house)
2. strom / na strome (tree / on the tree)
3. les / pri lese (forest / by the forest)
4. obchod / v obchode (shop / in the shop)
5. obraz / na obraze (picture / on the picture)
6. hrad / pri hrade (castle / near or at the castle)

b) masculine inanimate nouns ending in a soft consonant:
7. Dunaj / v Dunaji (Danube / in the Danube)
8. počítač / na počítači (computer / on the computer)
9. stroj / pri stroji (machine / at the machine)
10. kost / na kosti (bone / on the bone)
11. nož / na noži (knife / on the knife)
12. koš / pri koši (basket / at the basket)

c) masculine inanimate nouns ending in consonants -g, -k, -h, -ch:
13. kemping / v kempingu (campsite / in the campsite)
14. vrch / na vrchu (top or hill / on top)
15. stolík / pri stolíku (small table / at the table)
16. vzduch / vo vzduchu (air / in the air)
17. sneh / na snehu (snow / on the snow)
18. vlak / pri vlaku (train / by the train)

DIALOGUE:
Valér: Kde si bola včera, Erika? Zastavil som sa v internáte, ale nebola si tam. (Where were you yesterday, Erika? I stopped by the dorm, but you weren't there.)
Erika: Poobede som bola na tréningu a potom v obchode. Čo si chcel? (In the afternoon, I went to practice and then to the store. What did you want?
V: Potrebujem napísať úlohu na počítači. Môj počítač nefunguje. Pomôžeš mi? (I need to write an assignment on the computer. My computer is not working. Will you help me?)
E: Jasné, poď dnu. Môj počítač je na stole. Aj myš je tam. (Sure, come in. My computer is on the table. The mouse is there too.)
V: Kde je myš? Nevidím ju. (Where is the mouse? I can't see it.)
E: Niekde tam, na zošite alebo na vrchu tých papierov. (Somewhere there, on a notebook or on top of those papers.)
V: Našiel som ju, bola pri koši na papiere. (I found it, it was by the wastepaper basket.)

Phrase for today: Pomôžeš mi? (Will you help me?)

Timestamps
00:34 Introduction to the lesson
02;33 About Sophia / Žofia
09:00 Fun fact
09:58 Slovak lesson
22:10 Dialogue
23:24 Dialogue with the English translation
26:04 Final thoughts

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