April 26, 2023

How to say "Don't touch it" and "Don't touch strangers' dogs" in Slovak; Genitive Case of Adjectives in Plural; About May First in socialist Slovakia, S4 E12

35 minutes

Today's episode is about the May 1st celebration during the socialist era and today in Slovakia. In the Slovak lesson you will continue learning about the Genitive case of Slovak adjectives, this time in plural. Then you’ll practice it together with some nouns. You will also learn how to say “Don't touch it!” (Nedotýkajte sa toho!) and Don't touch strangers’ dogs” (Nedotýkajte sa cudzích psov) in Slovak. At the end of this episode, you can listen to my Slovak dialogue.

Episode notes
Today, I’m talking about the May 1st celebration during the socialist era as well as today in Slovakia. In the Slovak lesson we will continue talking and practicing the Genitive case of Slovak adjectives in plural and then you’ll practice it together with some nouns. You will also learn how to say “Don't touch it!” (Nedotýkajte sa toho!) and Don't touch strangers’ dogs” (Nedotýkajte sa cudzích psov) in Slovak. At the end of this episode, you can listen to my Slovak dialogue.

Slovak lesson: ADJECTIVES
NOMINATVE SINGULAR - GENITIVE PLURAL
1. mladý - mladých (young)
2. vysoký - vysokých (tall)
3. cudzí - cudzích (strange, unknown)
4. krásna - krásnych (beautiful)
5. dlhá - dlhých (long)
6. zelená - zelených (green)
7. hladná - hladných (hungry)
8. nové - nových (new)
9. čierne - čiernych (black)
10. verejné - verejných (public)
11. otvorené - otvorených (open)
12. rozbité - rozbitých (broken)
13. ukradnuté - ukradnutých (stolen)
14. široké - širokých (wide)
15. historické - historických (historical)

GENITIVE OF ADJECTIVES and NOUNS IN PLURAL:
Masculine gender:
1. Animate: od mladých mužov (from young men)
2. Inanimate: z vysokých stromov (from tall trees)
3. Animate – animals: bez cudzích psov (without strange dogs)

Feminine gender:
4. vedľa krásnych žien (next to beautiful women)
5. uprostred dlhých ulíc (in the middle of long streets)
6. okrem zelených žiab (except for green frogs)
7. vedľa hladných levíc (next to hungry lionesses)
8. do nových reštaurácií (to new restaurants)
9. uprostred čiernych nocí (in the middle of black nights)
10. okrem verejných miestností (except for public rooms)
11. z otvorených lekárni (from opened pharmacies)

Neuter gender:
12. do rozbitých okien (into broken windows)
13. vedľa ukradnutých áut (next to stolen cars)
14. zo širokých polí (from wide fields)
15. uprostred historických námestí (in the middle of historical squares)

Phrases for today:
Don't touch it! (Nedotýkajte sa toho!) = Formal; (Nedotýkaj sa toho!) = Informal
Don't touch strangers’ dogs! (Nedotýkajte sa cudzích psov!) = Formal; (Nedotýkaj sa cudzích psov!) = Informal

Timestamps
00:30 Intro to the episode
02:35 May Day in Slovakia
02:49 Fun fact 1
04:24 Fun fact 2
11:10 Fan fact 3
12:48 Slovak lesson
25:53 Dialogue in Slovak
33:36 Final thoughts

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