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Education Service for New Communities and Travellers Department of Children’s Services City of Bradford Metropolitan Council Future House Bolling Road BRADFORD BD4 7EB T: 01274 385558 F: 01274 385695 E:[email protected]
Basic words and phrases
For staff working with Slovakian children and young people
Pronunciation notes:
Vowels and consonants that are pronounced differently in Slovakian
English phonetic SLOVAK Example transcription
ď, ň, ť [d’y, t’y, n’y] like de/te/ne in “dew”, “tune”, “new” c [ts] as ts in “cats”, “treats” č [ch] as ch in “cheese”, “itch” š [sh] as sh in “ship”, “mash” ž [zh] as Dr.Zhivago, or as French “je”, (sounds as s in “leisure”, “vision”) r [r] remember to rrroll the Slovakian r well ch [kh] a guttural Scots ch as in “loch”
Greetings:
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D:\Docs\2018-04-10\08d103cf8085b43dd58480620f5a72cd.doc Hello Ahoj [a-hoy]
Good Morning Dobré ráno [dob-reh raa-no], Dobrý deň [dob-ree den]
How are you? Ako sa máte? [A-ko sa maa-tay?] (plural) Ako se máš? [A-ko sa maash?] (singular)
I’m fine Mám se dobre. [maam sa dob-re]
Good Bye Dovidenia. [doh-vy-den-ya]
Mr. …….. Pán [paan] …………
Mrs. …….. Pani [pa-ni] ………..
What’s your name? Ako sa voláš? [a-ko sa vo-lash?]
My name is ….. Volám sa...... [vo-lam sa] ……
I am ……. Ja som...... [ya som] ……
You are……… Ty si...... [ti si] ………
Teacher Učiteľka. [u-chi-tel-ka] (female) Učiteľ. [u-chi-tel] (male)
Praising a child:
Good/Well done Dobre. [dob-re]
Very nice Pekne. [pek-n’ye]
You are very clever. Si velmi šikovná.[si vel-mi shi-kov-naa] (to a girl) Si velmi šikovný.[si vel-mi shi-kov-nee] (to a boy)
Thank you Ďakujem. [d’ya-ku-yem]
Thanks Dík. [d’yeek]
You are welcome Prosím. [pros-eem]
Sorry Prepáč. [prep-aatch]
Yes Áno. [aa-no],
No Nie. [n’ye]
Places in school:
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D:\Docs\2018-04-10\08d103cf8085b43dd58480620f5a72cd.doc School Škola. [shko-la]
Toilet Záchod. [zaa-khod]
Classroom Trieda. [tree-yeda]
Dining Hall Jedáleň. [ye-daah-len’y]
Office Kancelária. [can-cel-aah-ria]
PE Telocvik. [t’ye-lo-tsvik]
PE kit Úbor. [oo-bor]
Dinner Obed. [ob-ed]
Break time Prestávka. [pres-taav-ka]
Morning Ráno. [raa-no]
Afternoon Po obede. [po-o-beh-d’ye]
Home Domov. [doh-mow]
Now Teraz. [te-raz]
Later Neskôr. [n’yes-kwor]
We are going out Ideme von. [ee-de-meh von]
We are going back Ideme nazad. [ee-de-meh na-zad]
Are you thirsty? Si smädný? [si smed-nee?] boy Si smädná? [si smed-naa?] girl
Have a drink. Napi sa. [nappy sa]
Short and simple orders:
Wait Počkaj. [potch-kai]
Stay here Zostaň tu. [zos-tan too]
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D:\Docs\2018-04-10\08d103cf8085b43dd58480620f5a72cd.doc Go Choď. [khod]
Right Do prava. [doh pra-va]
Left Do ľava. [doh la-va]
Straight on Rovno. [rov-no]
Come Poď. [podge]
Come here Poď sem. [podge sem]
Sit down Sadni si. [sad-nee si]
Stand up Postav sa. [pos-tav sa]
Here is ….. Tu je...... [Tu ye] …….
This is …… Toto je...... [Toto ye] …..
Show me Ukáž mi. [oo-cash mi]
Repeat after me Zopakuj to po mne. [zo-pa-kooy toh po mny’e]
Read Čítaj. [cheet eye]
Read this for me Prečítaj mi to. [pre-cheet eye me toh]
Can you read this? Vieš toto prečítať? [vee-esh toh pre-cheet-at?]
Copy this Opíš to. [o-peesh toh]
Write this down Napíš si to. [na-peesh si toh]
Write Píš. [peesh]
Question Otázka. [o-taaz-ka]
Answer Odpoveď. [od-po-ve-d’y]
Sentence Veta. [veh-ta]
Full stop Bodka. [bod-ka]
Comma Čiarka. [chee-ar-ka]
Capital letter Veľké písmeno. [ve-li-keh pees-meh-no]
Small letter Malé písmeno. [ma-leh pees-meh-no]
Draw Nakresli [na-cress-li]
Picture Obrázok [ob-raa-zock]
Let’s count Počítajme spolu. [po-cheet-eye-meh spo-loo] 4
D:\Docs\2018-04-10\08d103cf8085b43dd58480620f5a72cd.doc Count forward Počítaj ďalej. [po-cheet-eye d’ya-lay]
Count back from No. Počítaj nayad od čísla... [po-cheet-eye na-zad od chees-la... ]
More Viac. [vee-yats]
Less Menej. [meh-ney]
Less than Menej než. [meh-ney nezh]
Least Najmenej. [nay-meh-ney]
Colour this in Vyfarbi to. [vi-far-bi toh]
Do you understand? Rozumieš? [ro-zoo-mee-esh?]
Don’t do it! Nerob to! [ne-rob toh!]
Leave it Nechaj to! [ne-khay toh]
Put it back Daj to nazad. [dai toh na-zad]
I have ….. Ja mám ……. [ya maam…….]
Do you have……? Máš ……….? [maa-sh ……..?]
Day Deň [den]
Date Dátum [daa-tum]
Today Dnes [d-nes]
Yesterday Včera [v-che-ra]
Tomorrow Zajtra [zeit-ra]
Homework Domáca úloha [doh-maa-tsa oo-lo-ha]
Learn this at home Nauč se to doma [na-utch sa toh do-ma]
Remember Zapamätaj si [za-pa-met-eye si]
When a child is not well:
Are you all right? Si v poriadku? [si ve po-riad-ku?]
Are you feeling sick? Je ti zle? [ye tee z-le?]
We’ll phone your mum. Zavoláme mame. [za-vo-laa-me ma-me]
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D:\Docs\2018-04-10\08d103cf8085b43dd58480620f5a72cd.doc Making a phone-call in EMERGENCY to a Slovak speaking parent:
Hello [Doh-bree den]
This is the school calling. [Vo-laa-me zo shko-li]
(name of child) (name of child)
a) She is feeling very sick. a) [Ye yey vel-me z-le] b) He is feeling very sick. b) [Ye moo vel-me z-le]
(name) had an accident and got hurt. [ (name) ma-la ne-ho-doo a po-ra-ni-la sa]
a) Can you come and pick her up? a) [Moo-zhe-te pro- seem pre n’yu preest?] b) Can you come and pick him up? b) [Moo-zhe-te pro- seem pre n’ye-ho preest?]
Thank you [D’yak-oo-yem]
See you soon [doh-vi-den-ya]
Colours Farby [bar-vi]
Red Červená [chair-ve-nah] Blue Modrá [mod-rah] Yellow Žltá [zhl-tah] Orange Oranžová [o-ran-zho-vah] Green Zelená [ze-le-nah] Pink Ružová [roo-zho-vah]
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D:\Docs\2018-04-10\08d103cf8085b43dd58480620f5a72cd.doc Brown Hnedá [h-n’ye-dah] Black Čierna [chair-nah] White Biela [bee-ye-lah]
Numbers Čísla [chees-la]
1 Jeden [yed-en] 2 Dva [dva] 3 Tri [tree] 4 Štyri [shti-ry] 5 Päť [petch] 6 Šesť [shest] 7 Sedem [sed-em] 8 Osem [oss-em] 9 Deväť [dev-etch] 10 Desať [des-satch] 11 Jedenásť [yed-en-aast] 12 Dvanásť [dva-naast] 13 Trinásť [tree-naast] 14 Štrnásť [shter-naast] 15 Pätnásť [pet-naast] 16 Šestnásť [shest-naast] 17 Sedemnásť [sed-em-naast] 18 Osemnásť [oss-em-naast] 19 Devätnásť [dev-et-naast] 20 Dvadsať [dva-tsat]
Days Dni [dni]
Monday Pondelok [pon-d’ye-lock] Tuesday Utorok [oot-or-ok] Wednesday Streda [stre-da]
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D:\Docs\2018-04-10\08d103cf8085b43dd58480620f5a72cd.doc Thursday Štvrtok [sh-tver-tok] Friday Piatok [pia-tok] Saturday Sobota [so-bo-ta] Sunday Nedela [ne-d’ye-la] Week Týždeň [teezh-den]
Months Mesiace [m’ye-see-tce]
January Január [ya-nu-aar] February Február [feb-ru-aar] March Marec [mar-ets] April Apríl [ap-reel] May Máj [maay] June Jún [yoon] July Júl [yool] August August [au-gust] (“au” as in “AUDI”) September September [sep-tem-ber] October Október [octoh-ber] November November [no-vem-ber] December December [de-tsem-ber]
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