Today's episode is about St. Urban’s Day. In the Slovak lesson, you’re going to learn some words around wine and wine drinking. You will also learn how to say “Cheers!” in Slovak. At the end of this episode, you can find an excerpt from Slovak newspapers about Slovak wines. It is in Slovak, and it is for advanced learners.

Episode notes
In the last episode I talked about some customs and traditions connected to work on spring fields. Today I want to talk about St. Urban’s Day. In the Slovak lesson, you’re going to learn some words around wine and wine drinking. You will also learn how to say “Cheers!” in Slovak. At the end of this episode, you can find an excerpt from Slovak newspapers about Slovak wines. It is in Slovak, and it is for advanced learners.

Slovak lesson
1.     víno (wine)
2.     sladké víno (sweet wine)
3.     polosladké víno (semisweet wine)
4.     polosuché víno (semidry wine)
5.     suché víno (dry wine)
6.     biele víno (white wine)
7.     ružové víno (pink wine)
8.     červené víno (red wine)
9.     šumivé víno (sparkling wine)
10. šampanské (champagne)
11. pohár vína (a glass of wine)
12. fľaša vína (a bottle of wine)
13. sud vína (a barell of wine)
14. sudové víno (cask wine)
15. domáce víno (homemade wine)
16. mladé víno (young wine)
17. staré víno (old wine)
18. ochutnávka vína (wine tasting; lit: tasting of wine) We can also say:
19. degustácia vína (wine tasting)
20. vinár / vinári (winemaker / winemakers)
21. vinohrad / vinohrady (vineyard / vineyards)
22. vinohradník / vinohradníci (vineyard worker / vineyard workers)
23. pivnica / pivnice (cellar / cellars)
24. vínna pivnica / vínne pivnice (wine cellar / wine cellars)
25. vináreň / vinárne (wine bar / wine bars)
26. vínny list or vínna karta (wine list)
27. 2 or 3 deci vína (2 or 3 deciliters of wine)
28. zákazník / zákazníčka (customer M / F)
29. barman / barmanka (bartender M / F)
30. Na zdravie! (To your health! Cheers!)

Dialogue: "In a wine bar"
... continued
A: Mám rada biele víno.
B: Sladké alebo suché?
A: Radšej polosuché. Alebo polosladké.
B: Máme výborné polosladké víno Pálava z Tibavskej pivnice.
A: Nepoznám to.
B: Víno Pálava je víťazným vínom roka 2020.
A: Neviem ... Máte aj šumivé vína?
B: Pravdaže.
A: Čo by ste mi doporučili?
B: Chcete biele, polosladké?
A: To mám najradšej.
B: Ochutnajte Frizzante Biele Polosladké.
A: Dobre. Prosím si 2 deci.
B: Nech sa páči. Na zdravie!
A: Ďakujem. Zaplatím hneď. 
B: To bude 2, 20 Eura. 
A: Tu sú 3 Eurá, zvyšok si nechajte.
B: Ďakujem. Ako vám chutí Frizzante?
A: Je dobré. Ďakujem za radu.
B: Niet za čo, kedykoľvek ...

Timesamps
00:27 Introduction to the episode
02:19 About St. Urban's Day
04:02 Fun Fact
08:02 Slovak lesson
19:23 Dialogue
21:07 About wine competition
22:47 Success of Slovak wines
25:34 Final thoughts

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