Colloquial Slovak: The Complete Course for Beginners (Colloquial Series)

296 Pages·1997·3.07 MB·English

by  James Naughton

Colloquial
Slovak
The ColloquSiearli es
Thfeo llolwainnggu aargaeev sa iliantb hlCeeo llosqeuriiaels :
Albanian Japanese
Amharic Korean
Arab(iLce vantine) Latvian
AraboifEc g ypt Lithuanian
Araboiftc h Geu lafn Sda udi Malay
Arabia Norwegian
Basque Panjabi
Bulgarian Persian
* Cambodian Polish
* Cantonese Portuguese
* Chinese Romanian
Czech * Russian
Danish Serbo-Croat
Dutch Slovak
English Slovene
Estonian Somali
French * Spanish
German SpanoifLs aht Aimne rica
* Greek Swedish
Gujarati * Thai
Hindi Turkish
Hungarian Ukrainian
Indonesian * Vietnamese
Italian Welsh
Accompancyaisnsge aureae(v sa)i lfaotbrhl aeeb otviet les.
* AccompanCyDisan rgae l saov ailable.
Colloquial
Slovak
TheC omplCeotuer se
foBre ginners
James Naughton
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Contents
Abbreviatiuosnesd vii
Introduction 1
Pronunciatgiuoind e 4
1 Akos am ate? 10
Howa ryeo u?
2 to robite? 22
Whaatr yeo duo ing?
3 Sil eniva? 32
Arey olua zy?
4 Idemd o mesta 42
I'gmo itnotg o wn
5 Chcemi st'd o kina 54
Iw anttog ot ot hcei nema
6 Toj ek rasndae dina! 66
Thatal' osv veilly lage!
7 Ranajkoyb,e dv,e cera 81
Breaklfuanscsthu,,p per
8 Chcelnaa pisalti's t 93
Shwea ntteowd r iatl ee tter
vi
9 Stratsiolma cestovnpya s 106
I'lvoems ytp assport
10 Moiem istd''alej7 119
CanIc omien ?
11 Nakupovanie 131
Shopping
12 Kol'kjoeh odi7n 143
Whatti mieis t ?
13 Akom ackas mysou 153
Likaec awti tahm ouse
�U!
14 SveteTra,t ray � udovit 164
A sweattheTera ,t raansI:d u doSvtfutr
15 eo keby7 180
What if?
16 Matev ol'nsyt ol7 195
Doy ohua vaet able free?
Grammars ummary 214
Keyt oe xercises 228
Slovak-Engglliosshs ary 246
English-Slgolvoasks ary 276
Indeoxf l anguagpeoi nts 285
Abbreviatiuosnesd
acc.a ccusative
adj.a djective
dat.d ative
t feminine
freq. frequeen tativ
gen.g enitive
impf imperfective
in.s instrumental
lac.l ocative
m. masculine
n. neuter
no.m nominative
pf perfective
pI. plural
sg singular
>< arrowhpeoaidnstt iopn egr fectives
Introduction
Slovawkiitaih,t c sa piBtraalt is(lnaofvtaa fr r oVmi ennhaa)s,
beeanni ndepesntdaestnietn C czee choslsopvlaaittkt hi eean odf
199Th2i.s ' Velvet wDaispv roercceeid'n1e 9d8 b9y t h'eV elvet
Revoluwthiiocsnha' wt, h fea olfl commiunnCi zsemc hoslovakia,
duriRnugs sGioar'bsa cyheeavNr osw.t hrea thleearsf sfl uneenxtt ­
doonre ighobfto huCerz eRcehp ubalniAdcu s trSilao,v aigksri aap ­
pliwnigt phr obloefmm sa joard justtmoae r natd iccahlalnyg ed
econoamnidpc o liteincvailr onFmaelrne tvs.is s ibtyfe odr eigners
thatnhC ez ecRhe pubolrAi ucs tria, Sliotmvsoa uknitaas,ik niws i,t h
resorretmso,ct oeu ndtirsyt rviicntisc,uc latsutarlneedo,s l tdo wns,
merimtosra et tenatlioownnig,ti htl si teraantodut rhaeer rtW sa.t ch
oufto firl mosrS, l ovoarkc heasntpdre arsf oromnye orusCr O s.
Slovapkrieas'peson ptu laitssi oomne tohvienfirgv aen adq uar­
temri ll(iionnc laus diiznegHa ubnlgea rmiiannoy r.)Ai sta r esult
ofe migraltaicsoetnn taunrdty h itsh,ea rreae l smoa npye opolfe
Slovak daeloslvc eterhn getl obees,pe ciinNa olrltAyhm erica.
Upt o1 91S8l ovahkaidbae epna rotft hkei ngdoofHm u ngary
sintchete e nctehn tAufrtyte.hr Fe i rWsotr lWda ra,n dt hfea olfl
thHea bsburgA-ursuotl-reHdu ngaErmipainrS el,o vakia became
parotfC zechoslDouvraitknhigSea e .c oWnodr lWda ri wta bsr iefly
semi-indeupnedneNdrae znhite gemobneyf,o groei nbga ctko
Czechoslsoovoaunkn idaec,ro mmunriuslte .
The Slovlaakn guiasvg eerc yl otsoCe z ecbho,ti hnv ocabulary
andi ng rammaanrdC, z ecchasun n dersStlaonvqdau ki etaes ily.
StandSalrodvi arska tmhoedre irnon r igbianso,en dc entSrlaolv ak
dialeacntdss h,a piendti otp sr esfeonrtsm i ntche1e 8 40Isth. a d
tos trutgogm laek hee adwuanyd eHru ngareidaunc atdioomnia­l
nancbeu,tq uicbkelcya tmhem ea imne diuomfe ducaatnido n
publliiicfn eS lovafkrio1am9 18.
Theraer neo g recaotn fltiocdtbasey t weeednu castpeodka ennd
writntoernm tsh,o udgiha luescatgi ess tisltlr oanngdv ar.i ed
2
Sometihmoewse vyeorfiu n dt haawt o ridnc ommoenv eryudsaey
whiicsah l sionC zecihsr ejeacst' eidn cobryrg eucatr'd oifta hnes
languianfg aev,o oufar n otShleorv eaqku ivalent.
Thibso ohka bse edne sigfnoetrdh ceo mplbeetgei nannedir t
assumneoks i nodfs pecialliinzgeudi stic Ictao immptseo t ence.
taklee arunpet roas l evaetwl h itchhe cya cno mmuniucsaetfeu lly
ona r anogfee verytdoapyai ncbdse gtiont ackbloeo kasn nde ws­
papeIrtcs o.m bienveesr yddiaayl oagnudse ism pnlaer ratteixvtes
witehx planoafit nidoinv liadnugaulpa ogiena tnsde ssensttiraulc ­
turAe rse.c orhdaibsne gep nr odutcoae cdc omptahnbeyo oakn,d
ituss ies o fc ourpsaer ticularly irfye ocuao rmwemo ernkdiendg
withaot ueta cohren ra tisvpee aker.
Furtherre ading
KlaudiHao likovae ta l.D,o bryd en,s lovenci[nGao odd ay,S lovak],
BratislUanviav:e rzKiotmae nskeh1o9,9 1(.G oodr evisimoant eriwailt,h
dialogaunedst extuss inegv erydlaayn guaEgnet.i reilnSy l ovaekx,c ept
fort hev ocabulbarroyc hure.)
TomasD ratvaan dV iktorBiuaz novaS,l ovencpirneac udzinc[oSvl ovak
forF oreigneBrrsa]t,i slSalvoav:e nspkeed agogincakkel adatel1'9s9t2v.o ,
(Aliln S lovacko,l oupri cturreesa,d inegx,e rcises.)
PeterB alazM,i loslDaavr oveacn d HeatheTrr ebaticSklao,v afko r
SlaviciBsrtast,i slSalvoav:e nspkeed agogincakkel adater2sntdve od,n ,
1985(.S tricgtrlaym mar-barseeldi,a wbilteh iint ssc ope.)
JamesN aughtoTnr,a vellLeirtse raCroym paniotno E asterna ndC entral
EuropeB.r ightoInnP: r in1t9,9 5(.C haptoenr S lovalki teratbuirbel,i ­
ographoyfa vailaEbnlgel itsrha nslatbiroinelsfi, t ereaxrtyr acts.)
TheS lavonLiacn guageesd,.B ernarCdo mriea ndG revilGl.e C orbett,
Londona ndN ew York:R outledg1e9,9 3(.C hapteorn Slovakf,o r
linguibsyt Dsa,v idS hortl,e cturaettr h eS chooolf S lavonaincd E ast
EuropeaSnt udieLso,n don.)
JohnK inga ndR icharNde beskCyz,e cahn dS lovaRke publiHcasw,t horn,
AustralLioan:e lPyl ane1t9,9 5(.W idelayv ailagbulied ebook.)
ColiSna underasn dR enatNaa roznaW,a lkinign t heH igha nd Tatras,
MilnthorCpuem,b riCai:c eroPnree s1s9,9 4(.D etaiwlaeldk inggu ide.)
Dictionaries
JanaS mejkaloDvaag,m arS mrCinovKaa,t arfHnear rmannoavnad K arel
Hais,A nglicko-slovean ssklyo vensko-angvlriecckkyo vsyl ovnik