Slovak phrases 3/ In hotel Hello everyone! Today I will learn you some phrases which can be helpful if you are going to trip here and need to book a hotel room. In Bratislava you can find three-star hotels about 60-70 Euros for a night in a double room. These hotels have to have non-stop reception and lobby and each room should be equipped with own sanitary facilities and very often also with own fridge, minibar, towels and soaps, and air conditioning but it depends on each hotel. Some hotels have own wellness and swimming pool and commonly have the hotels a restaurant. Each country has a own hotel standards so maybe you will be dissatisfied from your room but in my opinion, in Bratislava there is a quite wide selection of hotels with a good quality and for a little money. What you should look out for are taxi drivers. I had a bad experience with them because if you are not from there and you don´t know their prices they can dupe you. It´s better ask them for a price before you sit in their car. Of course, not all of taxi drivers are the same :). And bellow are some new phrases: Dobrý deň! Máte ešte voľné izby? = Good afternoon! Do you have any free rooms yet? Potrebujem sa ubytovať na dve noci. = I need to book in for two nights. Chcem jednu dvojlôžkovú izbu. = I would like to have a doble room. Koľko stojí jedna noc v dvojlôžkovej izbe? = How much is a double room for one night? Budem platiť v hotovosti / kartou. = I will pay cash / by card. Chceme oddelené izby. = We would like to have separate rooms. Sú v cene zahrnuté aj raňajky? = Is the breakfast included in the price? O koľkej sú raňajky? = At what time does the breakfast start? Od kedy do kedy je večera? = From when to when is the dinner? Kde je recepcia? = Where is the reception? Kde je jedáleň? = Where is a canteen? Chcem izbu s balkónom. = I would like to have a room with a balcony. Kedy je check out? = At what time is the check-out? Mohli by ste mi zavolať taxík, prosím? = Could you call a taxi for me, please? Kde je najbližší bankomat? = Where is the nearest ATM? Kde sa dá dobre najesť? = Where can I eat well? Kam sa môžeme isť zabaviť? = Where we can go for fun?

Slovak phrases 2/ Introduction Hello my friends! I haven´t been here for some time because I had lots of work but now I am here to bring you some useful Slovak phrases for introduction. Greetings: Ahoj./Čau./Nazdar. = Hello./ Hi. Vitajte! = Welcome. Dovidenia. = Goodbye. Dobré ráno. = Good morning. Dobrý deň. = Good afternoon. Dobrý večer. = Good evening. Dobrú noc. = Good night. Courtesy phrases: Dovoľte mi, predstaviť sa. = Let me introduce myself. Rád (men)/ Rada (women) Vás spoznávam. = Nice to meet you. Prepáčte, ale asi som prepočul (m) / prepočula (w) Vaše meno. = I´m sorry but I didn´t hear your name. Mohli by ste to zopakovať? = Could you repeat it? Prepáčte. = Excuse me. Mrzí ma to. = I ´m so sorry about it. Ďakujem za pozvanie. = Thank you for your invitation. Ospravedlňujem sa za meškanie. = I apologize for my delay. Ľutujem, nerozumiem Vám. = I am sorry but I don´t understand you. Hovorte, prosím pomalšie/hlasnejšie. = Please, speak more slowly/ more loudly. Ako sa voláš? = What is your name? Volám sa/ Moje meno je/ Som...= My name is/ I am... Koľko máš rokov? = How old are you? Mám ...rokov = I am ...years old. Bývam v/vo...= I live in... Toto je môj manžel (for men) / moja manželka (for women). = This is my husband/ my wife. Môj syn má ... rokov. = My son is ...years old. Moja dcéra chodí na strednú školu. = My daughter is attempting High school. Toto sú moji priatelia. = That are my friends. Čím sa živíš? = What do you do for a living? Pracujem vo firme...= I work in a firm... Som kuchár (m) / kuchárka (w), čašník/ čašníčka, učiteľ / učiteľka, tlmočník / tlmočníčka, kaderník/ kaderníčka, predavač/ predavačka...= I am a cook/ waitress/ teacher/ translator/ hairdresser/ salesman/saleswoman... Žijem na Slovensku ...rokov. = I´ve lived in Slovakia for ...years. Čo rád robíš vo voľnom čase? = What do you like to do in your free time? Rád / Rada varím/ počúvam hudbu/ pozerám filmy/ chodím von s kamarátmi/ sa bicyklujem/ plávam/ behám/ lyžujem. = I like cooking/ listening to the music/ watching movies/ going outside with my friends/ cycling/ swimming/ running/ skiing. So for today is it all from me. Have a nice day and learn Slovak ;).

Some Slovak Phrases Hallo everyone! The end of summer is coming slowly but maybe some of you are going to trip to Slovakia in the near future or you are just interessted in this language, so today I bring you some Slovak phrases. Maybe one time it will be useful for you, who knows . Slovak is considered to be more difficult language than, for example English or German, because of declension nouns (to compare with German language – German are used four forms of the nouns and Slovak has six forms). For example: the noun – auto (car): 1. auto 2. autA 3. autU 4. auto 5. autE 6. autoM You have to also differentiate gender s(masculine, feminine and neuter) because each of them has different endings. To make it more complicated, each of genders has four different endings. I think that is what makes it so difficult to foreigners. That was short introduction and now here are some basic phrases. Enjoy it! Ako sa voláš? = What is your name? Ja som.../ Moje meno je... = I am.../ My name is... Koľko máš rokov? = How old are you? Mám ...rokov. = I am ... years old. Ako sa máš? = How are you? Mám sa dobre/zle/ nie dobre. = I am fine/ bad / not good. Čo robíš? = What are you doing? Varím. = I am cooking. Jem. = I am eating. Som hladný (if you are man)/ hladná (of you are woman). = I am hungry. Rád (if you are man)/ rada (if you are woman) ťa spoznávam. = Nice to meet you. Ako sa dostanem...? = How can I get to...? Kde je...? = Where is...? Pochádzam z...= I came from... Prepáč. = Sorry. Ďakujem. = Thank you. Nerozumiem. = I do not understand. Potrebujem pomoc. = I need help. Ľúbim ťa. = I love you. (Of course, I can’t omit this sentence.) Áno. = Yes. Nie. = No. Môžeš to zopakovať? = Could you repeat it?

Slovakia, Slovenia, Czechoslovakia aren´t the same Good morning World! In my country is right now 8:34am. The weather isn´t look like summer. It is a next rainy day. Last night I browsed across this site and I found many people from all over the world, which are interested in Slovak language. It is really surprising for me because I thought the world don´t know where this small country actually is. It´s very usual that people confuse with Slovakia and SLOVENIA. And somebodies which live in an ancient time (:-)) still think that Slovakia is a part of CZECHOSLOVAKIA. Our country is situated in center of Europe with 5 "neighbours": Austria, Czech republic, Hungary, Ukraine and Poland. From 1.1.1993 is Slovak republic an independent state with state areas 49 035km2. (Quite small, isn´t it?) We have a parliamentary republic. The head of state is the president, current president is Andrej Kiska. The most typical things for Slovakia are the following: ●Tatras (our popular mountains), ●"bryndzové halušky" (our national dish, free translation - sheep cheese dumplings), ● borovička (our national distillate. But we have also very good beers, f.e. Šariš, Zlatý bažant, Corgoň, Steiger or Topvar), ● fujara (our national musical instrument, try to search in Google), ● Jánošík (our national hero), ● Bratislavský hrad (Bratislava castle, very popular attraction, especially for Japanese tourists) and many more other castles, ● caves (Belianska jaskyňa, Demänovská ľadová jaskyňa, Dobšinská ľadová jaskyňa, Jaskyňa Domica, Ochtinská aragonitová jaskyňa...), ● our folklore costumes ● and not least, lots of men rhapsodize about beauty of our women. I hope you like this entry and I´ll be thankful for each your correction. See you soon!

The most typical names in different countries

What are the most typical names in your country? 

In Slovakia are these: 

● for women: Anna, Mária, Jana, Zuzana, Katarína,

● for men: Ján, Jozef, František, Peter, Tomáš.

About my day Today was a quite boring day for me. I woke up at 1:00pm. Yes, I know it´s late but I went to bed about 4:00am because I watched one of my favourites serials - How I met your mother. And tonight I must see yesterday´s Raw :-). But let´s go back to my routine. After showering, eating and cleaning up my room, I visited this page to see what´s new. After I continued with my German learning. I found one online course for Germany´s beginners and I´m watching german series. After learning I tried to write some article for one beauty blog where I decided to add my posts, but today was my creativity off so I´ll try it tomorrow. Now I´m here and thinking about what to do.. Do you have some suggestions for a good comedy? With best regards, Karin.