December 28, 2022

How to say "I wish you joyful New Year's Eve" in Slovak; Review of winter vocabulary; About New Year's Eve celebration (Silvester) in Slovakia; S3E 22

20 minutes

Today's episode is about New Year’s Eve in Slovakia. In the Slovak lesson you will review some words and sentences for the winter season. You will also learn how to say “I wish you joyful New Year’s Eve” in Slovak. At the end of my episode, you will find a short dialogue in Slovak.

Episode notes
In the last episode, I told you about Christmas in Slovakia. Today I am going to tell you about New Year’s Eve in Slovakia. In the Slovak lesson you will review some words and sentences for the winter season. You will also learn how to say “I wish you joyful New Year’s Eve” in Slovak. At the end of my episode, you will find a short dialogue in Slovak.

Slovak lesson
1. winter - zima
2. cold - chlad, zima
3. wind - vietor
4. ice - ľad
5. snow - sneh
6. snowman - snehuliak
7. snow flake - snehová vločka
8. snow sled, sled - sane
9. sledding - sánkovačka
10. skis - lyže
11. skiing - lyžovačka
12. skates - korčuľe
13. skating - korčuľovanie
14. snow ball - snehová guľa
15. snow ball fight - guľovačka
16. New Year’s Eve - Silvester
17. New Year’s Eve ball - Silvestrovský bal
18. toast - prípitok
19. fireworks - ohňostroj
20. firecrackers - petardy
21. New Year - Nový rok

Short dialogue
1. Čo budeš robiť na Silvestra? (What will you do on New Year's Eve?)
2. Ešte neviem. (I don’t know yet.)
3. Ja asi ostanem doma. (I probably stay home.)
4. To je trochu nudné, nemyslíš? (That is a little bit boring, don’t you think so?)
5. A čo ty, aké máš plány? (And how / what about you, what plans do you have?)
6. Silvestrovská diskotéka a ohňostroj na hlavnom námestí.
7. To znie dobre. (That sounds good.)
8. Poď s nami. Bude tam veľa zábavy. (Come with us. There will be a lot of fun.)
9. Nie, ďakujem. Nemám ráda veľké davy. (No, thanks. I don§t like big crowds.)
10. Škoda. Možno na druhý rok? (That s a pitty. Maybe next year?)
11. Možno. Želám ti veselého Silvestra. (Maybe. I wish you joyful New Year’s Eve!)
12. Veselého Silvestra a šťastný nový rok! (Joyful New Year’s Eve and happy new year!)

Timestamps
00:29 Introduction to the episode
02:24 Information about upcoming episodes
03:34 About New Year's Eve in Slovakia
08:33 Fun fact
09:17 Slovak lesson
15:10 Short dialogue
18:47 Final thoughts

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