April 23, 2025

How to say “That was so much fun!“ in Slovak; Old Slovak Traditions in April; Slovak Dative Case of Feminine Nouns in Plural 5; Dialogue; S8 E12

29 minutes

Today's episode is about the traditions on St. George and St. Marek’s days in Slovakia. In the Slovak lesson, you will learn the dative case of the Slovak feminine nouns in plural. You will also learn how to say “That was so much fun!“ in Slovak. At the end of this episode is my short dialogue.

Episode notes

In today's episode, I’m talking about the traditions on St. George and St. Marek’s days in Slovakia. In the Slovak lesson, you are going to learn the dative case of the Slovak feminine nouns in plural. You will also learn how to say “That was so much fun!“ in Slovak. At the end of this episode, you can find my short dialogue.

Slovak lesson

1. lampa (lamp) – PLURAL lampy / DATIVE lampám

2. kniha (book) – knihy / knihám

3. zastávka (stop, as a bus stop) – zastávky / zastávkam

4. líška (fox) – líšky / líškam

5. stanica (station) – stanice / staniciam

6. pieseň (song) – piesne / piesňam

7. loď (ship) – lode / lodiam

8. lekáreň (pharmacy) – lekárne /lekárňam

9. reportáž (report) – reportáže / reportážam

10. vec (thing) – veci / veciam

Sentences:

1. Antickým lampám sa venovalo veľa pozornosti. (A lot of attention was paid to the antique lamps.)

2. Dali sme starým knihám nové obaly. (We gave old books new covers.)

3. Kôli častým zastávkam, cesta autobusom trvala veľmi dlho. (Because of the frequent stops, the bus journey took a very long time.)

4. Líškam sa páčilo na veľkej lúke. (The foxes liked the big meadow.)

5. Vďaka pekným piesňam, pacienti sa cítili lepšie. (Thanks to the nice songs, the patients felt better.)

6. Malým lodiam netreba veľké motory. (Small boats don't need big engines.)

7. Zajtra zatelefonujem všetkým lekárňam. (I'll call all the pharmacies tomorrow.)

8. Vlado neverí zahraničným reportážam. (Vlado doesn't believe foreign reports.)

9. Polož to k ostatným veciam. (Put that with the other things.)

10. To bolo také zábavné! (That was so much fun!) => from my dialogue

Timestamps

00:34 Introduction to the episode

02:28 Avout St. George and St. Marek Day

07:31 Slovak lesson

14:56 Sentences

24:24 Dialogue

27:56 Final thoughts

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