Today's episode is about Carnivals. Our Slovak lesson is about word order in interrogative sentences. You will also learn Slovak words for some drinks and how to say, “I would like”. At the end you can find a short dialogue about ordering a drink.

Episode notes
Today, I want to tell you a little bit about Carnivals and about my own experience with carnivals during my childhood. Our Slovak lesson is about word order in interrogative sentences. You will also learn  Slovak words for some drinks and how to say, “I would like”. At the end you can find a short dialogue about ordering a drink.

Slovak Lesson
A  declarative sentence is, for example:
Mária číta list. (Maria reads a letter.)

An interrogative sentence: we can make it from the previous sentence simply by flipping the word order for subject and verb:
Číta Mária list? (Does Maria read a letter?)

Some drinks in Slovak
1.     nealkoholický nápoj (soft drink)
2.     voda (water)
3.     káva (coffee)
4.     čaj (tea)
5.     kofola (similar to cola)
6.     limonáda (lemonade)
7.     džús (juice)
8.     pomarančový džús (orange juice)
9.     Prosím si pivo (I would like beer please.)
10. Prosím si pohár vína. (I would like a glass of wine please.)

Short phrases

 1.     Čo si želáte? (What would you like?)
2.     Čo si prosíte? (What would you like?)
3.     Čo si dáte? (What would you like?)
4.     Prosím si pomarančový džús. (M) (I would like juice.)
5.     Prosím si čaj. (M) (I would like tea.)
6.     Prosím si kávu. (F) (I would like coffee.)
7.     Prosím si vodu. (F) (I would like water.)
8.     Prosím si kofolu. (F) (I would like cola.)
9.     Prosím si limonádu. (F) (I would like lemonade.)
10. Prosím si pivo. (N) (I would like beer.)
11. Prosím si víno. (N) (I would like wine.)

Short Dialogue:
1.     Dobrý deň. (Good day.)
2.     Dobrý ... Čo si želáte? (Good ... What would you like?)
3.     Prosím si dve kávy a jednu kofolu. (I would like two coffees and one kofola.)
4.     Akú kávu chcete? What coffee do you want?)
5.     Jednu Tureckú a jednu Viedenskú, so šľahačkou. (One Turkish and one Vienese.)
6.     Cukor? Mlieko? (Sugar? Milk?)
7.     Cukor, prosím. (Sugar, please.)
8.     Dáte si aj nejaký zákusok? (Will you take some pastries?)
9.     Nie, ďakujem. (No, thanks.)
10. To bude 4,85. (That will be 4,85.)
11. Tu je 5 Euro. Zvyšok si nechajte. (Here is 5 Euro. Keep the rest.)
12. Ďakujem. (Thank you.)

Timestamps
00:27 Introduction about the episode
02:20 About Carnival
02:56 Fun Fact
04:43 Slovak Word order
07:20 Drinks in Slovak
11:30 Slovak Phrases
15:17 Carnivals from my past
19:30 Short Dialogue in Slovak
20:24 Final thoughts

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