Today's lesson is about some irregular verbs, particularly the verbs with the -ieť ending. You are going to learn how to conjugate them and practice it in a short conversation.

Episode notes
In the last episode, we practiced some irregular Slovak verbs in the past tense. Today we’re going to look at more irregular verbs, particularly the verbs with the -ieť ending and practice them in a short conversation.

Slovak lesson
Verb rozumieť- to understand:
Singular:
1. rozumel som (I understood - m.), rozumela som (f.)
2. rozumel si (you understood - m.), rozumela si (f.)
3. rozumel (he understood - n.)
    rozumela (she understood - n.)
    rozumelo (it understood - n.)

 Plural:
1. rozumeli sme (we understood)
2. rozumeli ste (you understood)
3. rozumeli (they understood)

Verb vedieť- to know:
Singular:
1. vedel som (I knew - m.), vedela som (I knew – f.)
2. vedel si (you knew – m.), vedela si (you knew – f.)
3. vedel (he knew - n.)
    vedela (she knew – n.)
    vedelo (it knew – n.)

 Plural:
1. vedeli sme (we knew)
2. vedeli ste (you knew)
3. vedeli (they knew)

Do not confuse this verb vedieť- to know with the verb vidieť- to see!

Verb vidieť- to see:
Singular:
1. videl som (I saw - m.), videla som (I saw – f.)
2. videl si (you saw – m.), videla si (you saw – f.)
3. videl (he saw - n.)
    videla (she saw – n.)
    videlo (it saw – n.)

Plural:
1. videli sme (we saw)
2. videli ste (you saw)
3. videli (they saw)

Verb myslieť- to think:
Singular:
1. myslel som (I thought - m.), myslela som (f.)
2. myslel si (you thought – m.), myslela si (f.)
3. myslel (he thought - n.)
    myslela (she thought – n.)
    myslelo (it thought – n.)

Plural:
1. mysleli sme (we thought)
2. mysleli ste (you thought)
3. mysleli (they thought)

Short conversation:

A: Ahojte, chalani. Videli ste ten futbal včera v telke?
B: Videl som, bol to dobrý zápas. Ale nevyhrali sme.
A: Presne tak! Nevyhrali sme. Bol to veľmi zlý zápas.
C: Ja som to nevidel. Nevedel som, že sme mali hrať včera.
A: Čože? Veď som ti o tom poslal SMS-ku.
C: Videl som tvoju SMS-ku, ale nerozumel som jej.
A: Nerozumel?
C: Myslel som, že sa zápas hrá dnes.

Timestamps
00:25 Information about the episode
01:51 Slovak lesson
08:46 Short conversation
10:27 Final thoughts

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