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Try a real exerciseA2 · Unit 9

Hear real Slovak

Every phrase is voiced, so you learn the sounds of č, ľ and ô from day one.

Speak out loud

Say the phrase and get instant feedback on your pronunciation.

30 minutes a day

Short lessons and a planned review of what you've covered. The course spans the CEFR A1, A2 and B1 levels.

What's inside

A complete course, from A1 to B1

Reading, listening, speaking and writing, with the grammar explained in your language.

ReadingA2 · Unit 8

Listen and answer

Nedeľa v stane

V nedeľu ráno pršalo, preto všetci sedeli v stane.

Lucia:Prší už tri hodiny. To je nuda!

Tomáš:Keby nepršalo, sedeli by sme pri jazere.

Marek:Čo keby sme hrali hru? V ruksaku mám kocku a figúrky.

Emma:Dobre, ale ak vyhrám, kúpiš mi kávu.1

Marek:A ak vyhrám ja, ty kúpiš kávu mne.

Lucia:Emma, ty začínaš, hoď kockou!

Hrali dve hodiny a vždy vyhrala Emma.1

Emma:Marek, ideme na kávu!1

Marek:Dobre, ale len ak nebude pršať.3

Emma:Ešte napíšem mame esemesku.

Emma poslala mame esemesku, že prší, ale majú sa dobre.3

Emma:Môj mobil je vybitýdead, out of battery (of a phone)!

Tomáš:Neboj sa, teraz máš čas na ďalšiu hru!

Tap a sentence to hear it. Highlighted words are new: point at one or tap it to see what it means.

  1. 1.Who has to buy the coffee?

  2. 2.Is it still boring in the tent when Emma writes to her mum?

  3. 3.Do Emma and Marek go for coffee straight after the game?

  4. 4.Did Emma send her mum a message before her phone died?

  5. 5.Why does Tomáš say Emma has time for another game?

Short texts and dialogues from the story. Tap a sentence to hear it. Miss a question, and the sentences that answer it are marked.

GrammarA2 · Unit 9

Grammar

-úci, -iaci: who is doing it

Slovak can turn a verb into an adjective that says what someone is doing right now: a lion that is sleeping is a spiaci lev. You'll mostly read and hear these. In speech, Slovaks often say lev, ktorý spí.

Take the oni form: -ú or -ia goes, and -úci or -iaci comes in: spia → spiaci, plávajú → plávajúci. It changes like an adjective: -i for masculine, -a for feminine, -e for neuter and for the plural (only men keep -i).

verboniwho is doing it
spaťspiaspiaci lev
sedieťsediasediaca opica
hovoriťhovoriahovoriaci papagáj
plávaťplávajúplávajúce krokodíly
čítaťčítajúčítajúci študent
tancovaťtancujútancujúca artistka

  • Tam je spiaci lev.

    There's a sleeping lion.

  • Ten hovoriaci papagáj vie po slovensky.

    That talking parrot can speak Slovak.

More than 400 grammar cards in your language, with tables and examples you can play. Most mistakes link straight to the card that explains them.

Word reviewA2 · Unit 3

Write this in Slovak

Christmas tree

vianocnývianočný strstromček

Letters your keyboard may not have:

Built-in spaced repetition keeps track of the words you've learned and brings each one back just before you'd forget it.

Ready for the exam

Built for the A2 and B1 exams

The A2 and B1 courses cover the topics and grammar of the official exams in Slovak as a foreign language, and along the way you practise the same kinds of tasks. When you think you're ready, a timed mock exam, built like the real one, will tell you.

  • Mock exams in three timed parts: practise, or sit them like the real thing
  • The same tasks as the real exam: reading, listening, grammar and writing
  • A score for every part, with mistakes linked to the cards that teach them

Cvičný test A2 · 1

Výsledok

  • Čítanie s porozumením a gramatikaReading and grammar21 / 25
  • Počúvanie s porozumenímListening19 / 25
  • PísanieWriting16 / 20
Spolu56 / 7080 %
The end of an A2 mock exam: points for each part, and the line exam centres usually ask for.

One story, three years

Learn Slovak alongside Emma

Emma comes from Ireland to study in Bratislava. You learn Slovak with her and her friends, in more than 900 pictures from A1 to B1.

  1. A1 · Unit 1

    Ahoj!

    Lesson 1, word 1: Emma says hi to her new friends, Lucia and Tomáš.

  2. A1 · Unit 3

    Bývam na internáte.

    Emma moves into the dorm. Her roommate Lucia is already waving from the window.

  3. A1 · Unit 5

    Všetko najlepšie!

    Lucia's birthday party in the dorm kitchen. Emma and Tomáš chose the present together.

  4. A1 · Unit 9

    Rýchlo sa uzdrav!

    Emma falls ill at a conference. Her friends come round with oranges and flowers.

  5. A2 · Unit 1

    Vitaj späť!

    Welcome back! Emma returns from Ireland for her second year.

  6. A2 · Unit 3

    kapor

    Christmas with Lucia's family in Žilina. Nobody warned Emma about the carp in the bathtub.

  7. A2 · Unit 5

    srdce

    Marek breaks his arm skiing, and the doctor who puts it in plaster wins his heart.

  8. A2 · Unit 10

    Neviem, či tu zostanem.

    Lucia asks Emma to share a flat. But will Emma stay in Slovakia?

  9. B1 · Unit 1

    Ozveme sa vám.

    Emma's last year at university, and her first real job interview. Mr Hudák will be in touch.

  10. B1 · Unit 2

    Susedia nás vytopili.

    In Emma and Lucia's first flat together, the tap drips. Then the neighbours upstairs flood the bathroom.

  11. B1 · Unit 8

    Bicykel je preč!

    Emma left her bike outside the block last night. This morning only the cut lock is left.

  12. …and 510 more lessons

    B1 · Unit 10

    Zostávam tu ešte rok.

    At Marek's new bistro, Emma tells her parents her news: a full-time job, and another year in Bratislava.

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