<p> 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]</p><p>Basic words and phrases</p><p>For staff working with Slovakian children and young people</p><p>Pronunciation notes:</p><p>Vowels and consonants that are pronounced differently in Slovakian</p><p>English phonetic SLOVAK Example transcription</p><p>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”</p><p>Greetings:</p><p>1</p><p>D:\Docs\2018-04-10\08d103cf8085b43dd58480620f5a72cd.doc Hello Ahoj [a-hoy]</p><p>Good Morning Dobré ráno [dob-reh raa-no], Dobrý deň [dob-ree den]</p><p>How are you? Ako sa máte? [A-ko sa maa-tay?] (plural) Ako se máš? [A-ko sa maash?] (singular)</p><p>I’m fine Mám se dobre. [maam sa dob-re]</p><p>Good Bye Dovidenia. [doh-vy-den-ya]</p><p>Mr. …….. Pán [paan] …………</p><p>Mrs. …….. Pani [pa-ni] ………..</p><p>What’s your name? Ako sa voláš? [a-ko sa vo-lash?]</p><p>My name is ….. Volám sa...... [vo-lam sa] ……</p><p>I am ……. Ja som...... [ya som] ……</p><p>You are……… Ty si...... [ti si] ………</p><p>Teacher Učiteľka. [u-chi-tel-ka] (female) Učiteľ. [u-chi-tel] (male)</p><p>Praising a child:</p><p>Good/Well done Dobre. [dob-re]</p><p>Very nice Pekne. [pek-n’ye] </p><p>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)</p><p>Thank you Ďakujem. [d’ya-ku-yem]</p><p>Thanks Dík. [d’yeek]</p><p>You are welcome Prosím. [pros-eem]</p><p>Sorry Prepáč. [prep-aatch]</p><p>Yes Áno. [aa-no], </p><p>No Nie. [n’ye]</p><p>Places in school:</p><p>2</p><p>D:\Docs\2018-04-10\08d103cf8085b43dd58480620f5a72cd.doc School Škola. [shko-la]</p><p>Toilet Záchod. [zaa-khod]</p><p>Classroom Trieda. [tree-yeda]</p><p>Dining Hall Jedáleň. [ye-daah-len’y]</p><p>Office Kancelária. [can-cel-aah-ria]</p><p>PE Telocvik. [t’ye-lo-tsvik]</p><p>PE kit Úbor. [oo-bor]</p><p>Dinner Obed. [ob-ed]</p><p>Break time Prestávka. [pres-taav-ka]</p><p>Morning Ráno. [raa-no]</p><p>Afternoon Po obede. [po-o-beh-d’ye]</p><p>Home Domov. [doh-mow]</p><p>Now Teraz. [te-raz]</p><p>Later Neskôr. [n’yes-kwor]</p><p>We are going out Ideme von. [ee-de-meh von]</p><p>We are going back Ideme nazad. [ee-de-meh na-zad]</p><p>Are you thirsty? Si smädný? [si smed-nee?] boy Si smädná? [si smed-naa?] girl</p><p>Have a drink. Napi sa. [nappy sa]</p><p>Short and simple orders:</p><p>Wait Počkaj. [potch-kai]</p><p>Stay here Zostaň tu. [zos-tan too]</p><p>3</p><p>D:\Docs\2018-04-10\08d103cf8085b43dd58480620f5a72cd.doc Go Choď. [khod]</p><p>Right Do prava. [doh pra-va]</p><p>Left Do ľava. [doh la-va]</p><p>Straight on Rovno. [rov-no]</p><p>Come Poď. [podge]</p><p>Come here Poď sem. [podge sem]</p><p>Sit down Sadni si. [sad-nee si]</p><p>Stand up Postav sa. [pos-tav sa]</p><p>Here is ….. Tu je...... [Tu ye] …….</p><p>This is …… Toto je...... [Toto ye] …..</p><p>Show me Ukáž mi. [oo-cash mi]</p><p>Repeat after me Zopakuj to po mne. [zo-pa-kooy toh po mny’e]</p><p>Read Čítaj. [cheet eye]</p><p>Read this for me Prečítaj mi to. [pre-cheet eye me toh]</p><p>Can you read this? Vieš toto prečítať? [vee-esh toh pre-cheet-at?]</p><p>Copy this Opíš to. [o-peesh toh]</p><p>Write this down Napíš si to. [na-peesh si toh]</p><p>Write Píš. [peesh]</p><p>Question Otázka. [o-taaz-ka]</p><p>Answer Odpoveď. [od-po-ve-d’y]</p><p>Sentence Veta. [veh-ta]</p><p>Full stop Bodka. [bod-ka]</p><p>Comma Čiarka. [chee-ar-ka]</p><p>Capital letter Veľké písmeno. [ve-li-keh pees-meh-no]</p><p>Small letter Malé písmeno. [ma-leh pees-meh-no]</p><p>Draw Nakresli [na-cress-li]</p><p>Picture Obrázok [ob-raa-zock]</p><p>Let’s count Počítajme spolu. [po-cheet-eye-meh spo-loo] 4</p><p>D:\Docs\2018-04-10\08d103cf8085b43dd58480620f5a72cd.doc Count forward Počítaj ďalej. [po-cheet-eye d’ya-lay]</p><p>Count back from No. Počítaj nayad od čísla... [po-cheet-eye na-zad od chees-la... ]</p><p>More Viac. [vee-yats]</p><p>Less Menej. [meh-ney]</p><p>Less than Menej než. [meh-ney nezh]</p><p>Least Najmenej. [nay-meh-ney]</p><p>Colour this in Vyfarbi to. [vi-far-bi toh]</p><p>Do you understand? Rozumieš? [ro-zoo-mee-esh?]</p><p>Don’t do it! Nerob to! [ne-rob toh!]</p><p>Leave it Nechaj to! [ne-khay toh]</p><p>Put it back Daj to nazad. [dai toh na-zad]</p><p>I have ….. Ja mám ……. [ya maam…….]</p><p>Do you have……? Máš ……….? [maa-sh ……..?]</p><p>Day Deň [den]</p><p>Date Dátum [daa-tum]</p><p>Today Dnes [d-nes]</p><p>Yesterday Včera [v-che-ra]</p><p>Tomorrow Zajtra [zeit-ra]</p><p>Homework Domáca úloha [doh-maa-tsa oo-lo-ha]</p><p>Learn this at home Nauč se to doma [na-utch sa toh do-ma]</p><p>Remember Zapamätaj si [za-pa-met-eye si]</p><p>When a child is not well:</p><p>Are you all right? Si v poriadku? [si ve po-riad-ku?]</p><p>Are you feeling sick? Je ti zle? [ye tee z-le?]</p><p>We’ll phone your mum. Zavoláme mame. [za-vo-laa-me ma-me]</p><p>5</p><p>D:\Docs\2018-04-10\08d103cf8085b43dd58480620f5a72cd.doc Making a phone-call in EMERGENCY to a Slovak speaking parent:</p><p>Hello [Doh-bree den]</p><p>This is the school calling. [Vo-laa-me zo shko-li]</p><p>(name of child) (name of child) </p><p> 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]</p><p>(name) had an accident and got hurt. [ (name) ma-la ne-ho-doo a po-ra-ni-la sa]</p><p> 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?]</p><p>Thank you [D’yak-oo-yem]</p><p>See you soon [doh-vi-den-ya]</p><p>Colours Farby [bar-vi]</p><p>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]</p><p>6</p><p>D:\Docs\2018-04-10\08d103cf8085b43dd58480620f5a72cd.doc Brown Hnedá [h-n’ye-dah] Black Čierna [chair-nah] White Biela [bee-ye-lah]</p><p>Numbers Čísla [chees-la]</p><p>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]</p><p>Days Dni [dni]</p><p>Monday Pondelok [pon-d’ye-lock] Tuesday Utorok [oot-or-ok] Wednesday Streda [stre-da]</p><p>7</p><p>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]</p><p>Months Mesiace [m’ye-see-tce]</p><p>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]</p><p>8</p><p>D:\Docs\2018-04-10\08d103cf8085b43dd58480620f5a72cd.doc</p>