What is the most difficult thing, in your opinion, in Slovak language? (Any word, tongue twister, grammar rule, sound, etc.)! 🤯 Čo je podľa vas na slovenskom jazyku najťažšie? (Akékoľvek slovo, jazykolamy, gramatické pravidlo, zvuk atď.)! 🤯
Tongue twisters = jazykolamy, not "kazikólamy". Jazykolam literally means "tongue breaker". Kudos to you, beautiful Caterina, for taking up Slovak! The most difficult thing for common people seems to be the correct writing, especially i and y. "Y" is never pronounced and it actually was NOT a part of the first version of the modern Standard Slovak (mid 19th century), but it was later included to make Slovak writing more similar to Russian and Czech. Russians, as you know, distinguish these two sounds (ы and и), but Czechs, just like Slovaks stopped doing so centuries ago. However, Czech literary tradition is much older, stemming from times when "y" was pronounced and so they still keep it. Slovenian or Croatian live happily without "y" and so could we, Slovaks. I personally would abolish it and actually, there are occasional linguists´ voices calling for it. The only good thing about "y" is that it almost perfectly matches the Russian ы sound, so it´s a help if you study that language, or vice verse.
@@jansoltes971 thanks 🙈 Totally makes sense, I do know ы and indeed, even if it’s not easy to pronounce, there is a clear difference in Rus between ы and the “normal i”. In Slovak it’s much difficult to even realise there is a difference in sound! Glad I’m not the only one 😅
@@palmacate My pleasure! Actually there's no difference at all in sound when it comes to "y" and "i" themselves. "My-" and "mi-" are pronounced absolutely the same, as in words like "myš"/mouse and "milá"/nice, dear. However, "i" softens the previous consonant and "y" does not, like in "div"/wonder vs "dýchať"/to breathe. But we could use "ď " instead. Anyway, that's too much I philosophy for this late hour! 😀 Take care! I corrected/replaced "two" with "too much" in my edit - indeed a late hour. 😉
I think Slovaks are quite appreciative of anyone who even tries to speak Slovak, it doesnt really matter if your sentence structure is off, accent is on wrong words etc. English and especially French are very unforgiving if you butcher the language unlike Slovaks.
True, when I speak it I notice that people are super kind, and if they don't speak English they are glad that they can communicate with a foreigner anyway :)
Depends, Slovaks are quite scared of different people, many hate anyone that is further than 5km far from their willage, when they get suspicion that somebody might be immigrant they hold they pockets and run away. 😂
@@rastislavzimai don’t agree , Slovaks are not scared , some people might be cautious when they meet someone they have never met before , but they are very friendly once they get to know the person ( and they like him / her / them ) . Slovak people are genuine and straightforward , they simply don’t smile at strangers
Thank you for the video, it's very interesting and somehow beautiful to know that a foreigner is learning our language ❤ It's damn hard to learn and honestly yes, a lot of Slovak people have problems with grammar even though they are natives 😃 Do not hesitate to speak Slovak in public, you don't have to be 100% correct with grammar but I'm sure your effort will always be appreciated 😊
Thanks a lot 😊 when I was studying it 'more actively' and I spoke more in public, I saw that people really appreciated it. I need to start speaking more again!
Stačí ísť na východné Slovensko kde na teba začnú rozprávať zo šarišským nárečím, tomu nerozumie rodení Slovak zo západ, nie cudzinec. Tu na youtube su kanaly ktore propagovali univerzalny slovanský jazyk, keď som to počúval rozumel som čo rozprávajú.
As someone born and living in Slovakia, yet not mainly speaking Slovak, I also would agree that out of the Slavic languages, Slovak is the only one that seems to have the least complicated "character", making it the easiest to understand if you already speak another slavic language. Others make more use out of the specialized letters and harder-to-pronounce words (such as Polish or some Czech words), while Slovak generally keeps it minimal and familiar.
I've learned Slovak in 9 months up to B2 in an intensive course (4-5 hours during business days). My home language is Russian, so I had it simpler. Moreover, I've learned Ukrainian before, so that was another boost, since Ukrainian covers some other areas with its lexicon, which differ between Slovak and Russian. However, it's still completely another way of formulating yourself, the grammar differs noticeably (well, mainly in reflexive verbs) and one must go though the complications and spaghettification of the tongue, before it starts to obey the language rules and customs. Anyway, one of the best decisions in my life, a great stepping stone towards other west-Slavic languages (Czech, of course, but also Polish, Slovene, Serbian), since they all have much in common in the grammar (e.g. the very same reflexive verbs). It has very beautiful pronunciation, very clear, very sharp, and personally I prefer it to Czech (my apologies, but that's totally subjective opinion). I have a tip for you to improve the pronunciation and get closer to the fluent level. Just read aloud at least 30-40 minutes, with no hurry, with proper intonation, as if you recording an audiobook for the sake of humanity, and do it regularly and sufficiently often (every day would be perfect). The heavens should be praised, since Slovak has relatively very simple pronunciation rules: the stress is always on the first syllable, and you pronounce what is written, so you can start reading at pro level very quickly. Yes, you'll have to work intensively with dictionaries to comprehend the text, but even that could be left for a while, the simple rules allow you to read at pro level without understanding. In that sense you don't need to refer to dictionaries to merely check out the correct stresses, as it is with Russian, Ukrainian, English and so on. That's how I read for the first time Dune (although my teacher was a bit surprised with the translation, but anyway). That particular action will help you to stop confusing the words with ones from Russian. Secondly, don't deny yourself the pleasure of chit-chatting in a speaking club. If I hadn't offered my class to have a call every week, I'd have had it much harder to keep the (l)earned results in the head (but still manageable, especially if you read). And I still need them, since I will not be in Slovakia at least for a year (and no guarantee, that I will be there, all those visas and all). Just tell about your day, what you ate, whom you met, where you've been, what do you think of EPR paradox and the perspectives of merging quantum mechanics with the gravitation etc. Take the advice of General Brannigan from Futurama, "Say as much as you can, as fast as you can" (fastness will come with time).
lets divide the problematics of the language. 1. Alphabet- Slovak alphabet includes 46 letters, which makes it the most complex one in the Europe. but once you know pronunciation of each letter in the alphabet you basically know how to read whole words and sentences, because Slovak language has very few pronunciation exceptions. (unlike english )-> 2. reading- easy 3. grammar- this might be a problem, because as other slavic languages, this one is complex and has many rules that changes the basis of the words and sentences to something else (časovanie, skloňovanie,...)........bonus: negation- unlike in english where you use only one negation per sentence to negate the meaning of the sentence, in Slovak it is allowed to use multiple words per sentence to negate it so it is sometimes hard to explain even for us :D "Nikdy som neurobil nič nesprávne" (4 negations in 5 word sentence) - "i never did anything wrong"
We move out and you are going to Slovakia? Why ? Just the economy is bad .. no work that pays, bad road and some people, no ocean.. idk why would any italian move to slovakia when we run from there because its so bad 😂
Som rodený Slovák a som rád, že toto je môj materinský jazyk. 6 pádov, skloňovanie, vzory, vybrané slová, 46 písmen, diamritiku, ... Máme nádhernú literatúru, dokonca aj najdlhšiu ľúbostnú báseň na svete s názvom Marína od autora Amdreja Sládkoviča. K tomu máme ešte veľa nárečí, v Bratislave hovoríme tvrdo, v Banskej Bystrici majú takmer všetko mäkké, na východe to je ako úplne iný jazyk oproti západu, ... Každý zo zahraničia, kto sa učí náš jazyk je špeciálny pre nás, pretože ho máme komplikovaný a sú vzácny, pretože takmer všade sa dá dohovoriť po anglicky.
Wow nice, you sound awesome! Funny, all Italians I talked to who tried to pronounce Slovak always got it right. And even English with Italian accent sometimes sounds like when a Slovak speaks English. Sounds are similar, the “hard” Rs and Ts I guess.
@@palmacate well me neither, but when I’m traveling and hear some English spoken let’s say by a Czech is VERY recognizable, Russian too, German or French so distinguishable. Southern “singing” italian accent sounds very typical too, but if I listen just pronouncing the words without the melody, sounds really similar (of course Slovaks don’t “sing” like that :)) and got confused few times already.
I am a slovak girl learning Croatian and they talk to me in English even if I tell them I know some Croatian and I want to practice. Which is weird because my mom talk to them in Slovak and they understand almost everything.
Ako hrdý Slovák a hrdý vlastnenec milujem našu nádhernú Slovenčinu a samozrejme ju považujem za najkrajší a najľúbozvučnejší jazyk na svete a musím povedať, že ti to ide veľmi dobre. Zároveň ti musím povedať, keďže si Talianka, že môj druhý najobľúbenejší a podľa mňa druhý najkrajší jazyk na svete, je práve Taliančina. 🇸🇰❤️🇮🇹
Slovak language saves the most phonetics from origin Slavic language "Bukvica" which was used by all Slavic nations... Before jezuits start splitting one Slavic nation into many... Bukvica has 49 phoems-sounds Slovak has 46... Other languages has many less... Latin and english only 28... Its like programing language in computers... Most simple language you have less comprehession and understanding u get...😅 If you want a "stupid" nation or nation of workers not thinkers u gave them "stupid-simpliest" programing language-alphabet...😅😅😅 Its all about new world order after french revolution and compulsory education...😅😅😅
Si super :-) Len tak dalej, ide ti to skvele, s gramatikou sa netrap, s tou maju problem aj rodaci, pri tebe sa dokonca naucim aj po anglicky lebo ti v pohode rozumiem :-)
I love your accent… it’s so interesting that you sometimes sound like Hungarian 🇭🇺 I mean the accent , especially your E-s. Fantastic. Otherwise your slovak is pefect 🌺Congratulations- BlahožElam ti a pozdravujem ťa z Londýna ❤🎉
Ďakujem ☺️ so interesting, most of the time people asked me if I’m Ukrainian, but never Hungarian or never guessed I’m Italian. I thought Italian accent was super strong
@@palmacate your E-s make you sound Hungarian 🇭🇺 but if I’m being dead honest you kinda sound like a mixture of Czech -polish and Hungarian all put in one basket 🧺 very interesting and cute 🥰
As a slovak I partially understand everz slavik language but not russian,because thez such a hard pronunciation. Edit: yes we do a lot of grammar mistakes,most common being the fact we mistake I with Y
As Slovak i can understand our Polish friends, I can understand Ukrainian too but sometimes i'm struggling and i can understand some of other slavic languages but i struggle a lot but i can comprehent what are they saying. (Also i must mention czechs, our brothers! I can uderstand 100% of what they are saying! (No suprise :DDD) I mean it's like the same language with different accent.) Yeah, we sometimes do a lot of grammar mistakes, specially when it comes to Y and I... ( that is just nightmare fuel D: )
Hi, good job with learning slovak language. First of all, the fact its so unique that foreigner learn to speak just slovakian and second of all, you speak really well. Hats down. You have got my admiration. 👍❤️🤝💪😉
@@palmacateIt’s appropriate to use it only in informal speech or writing. It’s totally understandable in formal contexts as well, but it’s not appropriate in this case.
Máš veľmi peknú výslovnosť Slovenského jazyka. Chcelo by to obsah videá v Slovenskom jazyku pre Slovákov. Pohľad osoby. Zo zahraničia ktorá žije na Slovensku o živote na Slovensku.👍
Italové a Španělé maj dost výhodu při výslovnosti Slovenštiny a Češtiny, protože už uměj vyslovit většinu zvuků, zatimco anglicky mluvící se musej učit i základní samohlásky AEIOU.
Dakujem veľmi pekne! I'd love to be able to speak so fluently to make videos in Slovak, but I'll stick to English at the moment :) I love talking about this topic, in different formats (differences between Slovakia and Italy, vlogs, etc.)
@@palmacate Ofcourse you have AEIOU, but I meant that English speakers pronounce basic vowels completely differently, they say "EJ" instead of A and "OU" instead of O and it's hard to force them to forget about English pronunciation, while Italians and Spanish people can read it understandable even without learning proper pronunciation. There is one person from Dominikan Republic (Spanish speaker) who is learning Czech and his pronunciation is almost perfect, his pronunciation is much better than how Russians or Ukrainians speak, you would expect that it's gonna be easier for other slavic speakers, but not really, eastern slavic languages are like English - moving random accent, up and down intonation and it's full of not clear schwa sounds.
As someone who lives in Slovakia, I have to say you did great when speaking slovak. And slavik languages are really simmiliar and when you are native speaker you really understand the other slavik languages. Not everything, but you know some words.
As Slovak I say our language have very difficult grammar, and yes, lot of people doing mistakes (most of mistakes are y vs. i, but also with spelling because we have "spodobovanie" - it´s something like two letters sound are simillar or some letter's sound in some cases is different..
I'm going to make a separate video on the resources I used to study Slovak (and some more I found recently), I will post it in a few weeks - don't give up! 😀
@@palmacate Those are the moments that you hesitate for a "bit" 😉if you are writing it properly. I can only wonder how a non-native speaker must be confused reading Slovak without diacritics in sms and e-mails. 😀
It is always amazing to hear someone from foreign country speak our language. When I'm listening to you right now, I realize how difficult our Slovak language is. As we are relatively small country and our language is also specific, we are aware that foreign people have trouble to speak and maybe also to understand us, so we have no problem to speak slowly and understand any amount of imperfection in your speach. We Slovak people are forced to learn other languages, from obvious reasons, or at least english only, which makes the most sense and I wish all people around the world to learn English on the first place, so we finally can communicate all together globally. ...so of course I wish you the quickest progress in Slovak language skills, but don't overdo it too much, time is rare and can be spent to other activities 😊
Ak ti môžem poradiť, s tou konverzáciou, že nemáš príležitosti. Musíš začať myslieť v slovenčine. Vo svojej hlave keď sa rozprávaš počas dňa, keď ideš spať, hocikedy o hocičom. Ja sa už pol roka učím taliančinu, pred ňou som sa učila španielčinu, angličtinu, čínštinu. Vždy je to tak, že rozumieš skôr než dokážeš komunikovať naspäť. Tým sa netráp. A čo odporúčam sú filmy alebo seriály v cudzom jazyku s titulkami. Vedome sa neučíš, všetko za teba robí mozog, len to trvá trochu dlhšie. Veľa šťastia :)
@@nikdonicso we wouldnt have free country if we had simpler grammar? 😂 No, we could have a simpler Štúrovskú grammar, but at the time when it was created it was unfortunately popular "panslavic" sentiment especially irrational admiration towards Russians (and many have unfortunately kept this slaveish nature, or maybe its some kind of Stockholm syndrome, who knows why many Slovaks tend to admire criminals) so they wanted to take over some ellements like "hard" I - Y which does not have any real basis in our language.
Interesting that you are shy as in previous video where you compared Italians and Slovaks you mentioned Slovaks are more shy compared to Italians when going to speak in English. So thought you wont be shy :) . Every language is complicated in some way, just keep speaking as you sound very nice and accents are cute/sexy and if you made some mistake dont worry as everyone will/should understand you. Slovak grammar is hard you have go know when to put Y or I or some letters sounds different then in writting version. Recording :)
To ma prekvapuje, ze Talianka sa zobrala ucit sa slovensky jazyk. Neviem ako teraz, ale kedysi v bratislavskych hoteloch napriklad Kyjev, ci Hotel Bratislava vysedavalo vela slovenskych diev ktore boli v talianskom jazyku velmi dobre a usilovné, i prićali…..a nie len v jazykoch boli dobre. Steny v izbach, keby vedeli rozpravat, ake dobre veci vedeli na kolenach a nielen na kolenach modlit. Hu huuuuu. A niekedy do skoly prisli , to mali potom take biele flaky na rifliach a na trickach. A tiez Meky spieval ze darujem ti bieeely kvet. Teraz hápem.
Pronoununciation is very nice. What helps me the most when I am trying to speak in language which I am not fluent, is to put away the shame and do not care if it is correct or not. most of the people will get the meaning from context.
..me like slovak born person moving around central and south and east europe, i can confirm, that is really easy for me to understand almost every slavic language. And Your slovenčina is pretty goood :P
i think what youre saying is very ture, about the mistakes made by native speakers. id go as far to say that majority cannot use the proper grammar, whether it is distinguishing between i/y, putting commas or using the proper upper/lower case letters.
Ahoj Katka :) v prvom rade chcem povedať že som pozitívne prekvapená, že žena z talianska sa učí náš slovenský jazyk. Máš peknú výslovnosť a prajem veľa úspechov v tvojom ďalšom učení. Ja sa trochu zaujímam o Japončinu, a jednu vec ktorú mi to dalo, je že pokiaľ sa cudzí jazyk naučíš koli škole a nepotrebuješ byť na vysokej úrovni (prekladatelstvo), tak je strata času riešiť gramatiku v zmysle sedieť nad knihami a biflovat tabuľky časovanie slovies. Gramatické pravidlá sa naučíme v praxi počas reálnych rozhovoroch z reálnych príkladov a len vtedy ich budeme vedieť aplikovať. Pre mňa je najzaujímavejší Poľský jazyk. :) ak by si chcela niekedy ísť ďalej okrem Slovenčiny, tak určite odporúčam Poľštinu. ,) Nech sa ti darí a odoberam tvoj kanál.
@@palmacate Nie je za co. Dialektov je privela na taku malu krajinu. 😁 Medzi zakladne patria zapadoslovenske narecie (dialect from west part), vychodoslovenske narecie (dialect from east part) a stredoslovenske (from central part). Oficialny jazyk je zalozeny na stredoslovenskom nareci. 🙂
ani mne nie su ani len ciastocne zrozumitelne ziadne dialekty a to som slovak 😀
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@@TeslaBobo bez sance, ja som z vychodu z Michaloviec, ale ked spusti niekto po sarissky tak nerozumiem, manzelka je zo Ziliny a u nas nam tiez nerozumie
A pritom je slovencina uplne lahka: druhych 5 slovnych druhov (predlozky az citoslovcia) ma vzdy konstantny tvar. Prvych 5 slovnych druhov (podstatne mena az slovesa) ma tri rody krat tri casy x 2 pricastia x 2 vidy, To je len 36 tvarov. Plus mnohe veci maju plnovyznamove sloveso a nepouzivame vyjadrenie cez anglicke have. Napriklad Have a nice day je ovela viac slovenskejsie v tvare Prajem pekny den, Zelam pekny den, Vinsujem pekny den
Zdravím Vás Katarína, Slovenský jazyk je veľmi ťažký, preto veľa ľudí zo zahraničia sa učia skôr Český jazyk, lebo je ľahší a my Slováci rozumieme Českému jazyku, veľmi si vážime ľudí zo zahraničia ,ktorý prídu, dočasne alebo na trvalo, k nám na Slovensko a snažia sa naučiť po Slovensky ,začiatky sú ťažké, pri učení Slovenčiny a Vy ste šikovná, tak keď budete pokračovať, pôjde Vám to veľmi dobre .Fandím Vám.
A Češi tvrdí, že čeština je nejtěžší. Stejně tak Poláci tvrdí, že nejtěžší je polština. Ono každý jazyk má něco 😁 V češtině je pro cizince opravdu velký problém Ř, snad s výjimkou Poláků díky jejich podobnému RZ. No a dlouhé vs krátké samohlásky krom češtiny a slovenštiny snad už nikde moc nejsou. Jinak celkové věřím, že obtížnost gramatiky české a slovenské bude podobná.
Proboha, v čem je těžší slovenština oproti češtině? To by musela mít víc pádů, ale má těch má dokonce o jeden míň. A to nezmiňujeme tu českou specifiku "ř". Promiňte, ale co jste napsal nemá objektivně podklad.
e interesante che per lri era imaprare la nostra lingua difficile, io o imparato italiano in un mese ma secondo me e facile imparare vostra lingua, ma lei parla molto bene:-))
Yeah as a born in Slovakia it's soooo hard even for me like we have the exams where we write few really hard sentences and often I got a C When I hear you I think you speak Slovak it's pretty good BUT I think you should talk to a Slovakian to learn the pronunciation
I dont understand why someone wants to learn Slovak ... It is very small country, only 5mio. people and language is not easy... Slovaks have to learn english, or second language...
In fact very few Slovaks will speak and write correctly nowadays. One of the reasons is social media of course where we completely omit those special characters (ž, č, ú….) and ignore correct usage of commas and so on. People usually say that middle region (around Martin city) speaks the cleanest Slovak, that might be right. I come from the western part where the language somewhat resembles czech. 😀 And btw, you did a great job with all those phrases you used and your pronounciation is also impressive. (Very minor thing : “v hotovosti “ instead of “hotovosti” but nobody would notice when spoken) keep going ! ❤
Thank you for a nice video about my language. At 5:05 you're mentioning formal/informal language. Fun fact, some time ago we even had a third level of formality in the language, following three steps of distancing. Odkiaľ si (informal, where are you-singular from, or very literally where "is you" from), odkiaľ ste (formal, where are you-plural from), odkiaľ sú (very formal, where are they from). The third form is still understood today, just feels awkward unless in a movie about royalty. You usually use it for mock respect like when your friend achieves something huge.
well, slovak as such is not spoken by many people, but if you learn it, you would have strong basis to understand the largest group in europe - slovania :) that would be similar case to other Slovan languages spoken by smaller numbers of people, like our brothers in Slovenija or Czechs, Serbs, Croats etc (you yourself might possibly see the similarities between slovak and russian, of course there are differences too)
As a native speaker, we really apprieciate that you try and are not afraid, it actually means a lot for us when someones tries to learn a bit of Slovak😇 talking from my own experience..
What I noticed is that your short sentences are much closer to the way a native speaker would pronounce them and in the long sentences it seems like you have more difficult time to concentrate on the sentence structure so in that case you tend to unconsiously fall back on the itialian accent overall I really appreciate the effort you had put into learning the language it earned my subscribe
@@palmacate It's understandable and it takes a really long time to not be constantly thinking about the sentence structure (from my experience) especially when I consider how difficult Slovak language is for foreigners that need to think about all of the rules that we take for given .. Really it's admirable that you are taking your time to learn such stupidly difficult language when there are just a very few people who can actually speak it
hi Caterina, if you want (and you are in Bratislava), we can try learn both language what we need practise (you Slovak, an me English) 🙂 …PS: “Slovensko” nie “Slóvensko” ako si to vyslovila vo videu …”o” je kratke bez dĺžňa 😉
@@palmacate 😇 …you speak in video “Slóvensko”, what is bad use of “ó” because right is “Slovensko” with “o” 😉 …right use of “ó” is for example “óda” [EN = ode -> lyrics poem]
very nice. Slovak is not difficult, you speak nicely, but you have to realize your English sounds to a native English speaker probably as your Slovak to a Slovakian. also my Italian sounds strange to Italians, as they always ask me where I'm from
@@zahradnikovi8756 Čistější výslovnost bez toho východního přízvuku, nemáme žádný měký L, dlouhý R a L, Ô a už vůbec ne schwa zvuky jako Ä a intonace češtiny je dost monotónní a pořád stejná, zatimco slovenština je hodně melodická a je v podstatě nemožný se ten správněj přízvuk naučit.
Sono molto soddisfatto e sorpreso che ho trovato un video così, ci sono alcuni italiani che vivono qua ma non sanno parlare, tu sei davvero brava , Io invece sto imparando l'italiano ogni giorno, tra due giorno parto per l'italia per studiare , mi piacerebbe trovarti qualche volta , ci sono tante cose da parlare 😁🤪
1:49 You can communicate in Slovak without any problems in Czechia. It's basically the same language, only a few words are different. But you probably already know that. It would be a bit more difficult in Poland, but a native speaker should have no problem with basic phrases even in Poland.
@@palmacate It's probably closer than Italian/Spanish, but if you are not native Slovak speaker, it won't be that easy for you to understand Czech. Understanding other (even very close language) needs some experiences that we have because we were one country for decades. For Slovaks, it's easier, because a lot of their stuff is in Czech, many movies have Czech dubbing, some books are translated only to Czech, so they are more used to Czech than we are used to Slovak.
You're right, for me Czech is really hard, especially the sounds! and I love how basically everyone in Slovakia speaks, or at least understand, also Czech!
@@Pidalin Of course not when he's in the learning phase. In a few (probably) years, when he speaks Slovak well, it will be easy. Like Spanish vs Portuguese.
Hi if u are not Slovak then look:: Great Moravia (capital city Nitra in the time) and then u will understand how great we was :) It was before Hungary come from Asia and then they try burn our history but it is in history but i think when u will see map Great Moravia you will be know why we can understand each other (but not hungary XD ) :) Have a great day :)
All syllables are a little bit longer (In east Slovakia shorter!). Emphasis and length are there not the same! 2 long syllables are regulary not allowed! e.g.: Namáhavá; NA has accent; the á=aaa(!)
Me, as a Slovakian, I must say your Slovak is pretty good. I'm happy that someone in the world is learning our language. If you want to learn more, or you want some tips about my language, you can just ask me anytime you want. 😁🤍
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What is the most difficult thing, in your opinion, in Slovak language? (Any word, tongue twister, grammar rule, sound, etc.)! 🤯
Čo je podľa vas na slovenskom jazyku najťažšie? (Akékoľvek slovo, jazykolamy, gramatické pravidlo, zvuk atď.)! 🤯
čučoriedky, guľôčky, jamôčky, = gúľala v očných jamôčkach očami keď pozerala na čučoriedky :D from gramar Y I letters :P
Tongue twisters = jazykolamy, not "kazikólamy". Jazykolam literally means "tongue breaker".
Kudos to you, beautiful Caterina, for taking up Slovak!
The most difficult thing for common people seems to be the correct writing, especially i and y. "Y" is never pronounced and it actually was NOT a part of the first version of the modern Standard Slovak (mid 19th century), but it was later included to make Slovak writing more similar to Russian and Czech. Russians, as you know, distinguish these two sounds (ы and и), but Czechs, just like Slovaks stopped doing so centuries ago. However, Czech literary tradition is much older, stemming from times when "y" was pronounced and so they still keep it. Slovenian or Croatian live happily without "y" and so could we, Slovaks. I personally would abolish it and actually, there are occasional linguists´ voices calling for it. The only good thing about "y" is that it almost perfectly matches the Russian ы sound, so it´s a help if you study that language, or vice verse.
@@jansoltes971 thanks 🙈
Totally makes sense, I do know ы and indeed, even if it’s not easy to pronounce, there is a clear difference in Rus between ы and the “normal i”. In Slovak it’s much difficult to even realise there is a difference in sound! Glad I’m not the only one 😅
@@jansoltes971 Also the periods are a nightmare and often even capital letters for some.
@@palmacate My pleasure!
Actually there's no difference at all in sound when it comes to "y" and "i" themselves. "My-" and "mi-" are pronounced absolutely the same, as in words like "myš"/mouse and "milá"/nice, dear. However, "i" softens the previous consonant and "y" does not, like in "div"/wonder vs "dýchať"/to breathe. But we could use "ď " instead. Anyway, that's too much I philosophy for this late hour! 😀
Take care!
I corrected/replaced "two" with "too much" in my edit - indeed a late hour. 😉
I think Slovaks are quite appreciative of anyone who even tries to speak Slovak, it doesnt really matter if your sentence structure is off, accent is on wrong words etc. English and especially French are very unforgiving if you butcher the language unlike Slovaks.
True, when I speak it I notice that people are super kind, and if they don't speak English they are glad that they can communicate with a foreigner anyway :)
Depends, Slovaks are quite scared of different people, many hate anyone that is further than 5km far from their willage, when they get suspicion that somebody might be immigrant they hold they pockets and run away. 😂
You're absolutely right. We have beautiful language. We even try to teach tourists some of our words when they come.
@@rastislavzimai don’t agree , Slovaks are not scared , some people might be cautious when they meet someone they have never met before , but they are very friendly once they get to know the person ( and they like him / her / them ) . Slovak people are genuine and straightforward , they simply don’t smile at strangers
Yes we do im slovakian and im proud ano ja som slovak ak toto vies prelozit tak davam like
Thank you for using the correct adjective - Slovak.
I hate when people say "Slovakian".
PS: Your Slovak is awesome!
Oba tvary sú správne :)
I also prefer Slovak to Slovakian, however, sometimes I also heard Slovak people saying “Slovakian” 🧐🙂
@@fyrhunter_svk nie su
Thank you for the video, it's very interesting and somehow beautiful to know that a foreigner is learning our language ❤
It's damn hard to learn and honestly yes, a lot of Slovak people have problems with grammar even though they are natives 😃
Do not hesitate to speak Slovak in public, you don't have to be 100% correct with grammar but I'm sure your effort will always be appreciated 😊
Thanks a lot 😊 when I was studying it 'more actively' and I spoke more in public, I saw that people really appreciated it. I need to start speaking more again!
Stačí ísť na východné Slovensko kde na teba začnú rozprávať zo šarišským nárečím, tomu nerozumie rodení Slovak zo západ, nie cudzinec.
Tu na youtube su kanaly ktore propagovali univerzalny slovanský jazyk, keď som to počúval rozumel som čo rozprávajú.
Interesting, I will look for those channels on RUclips, I’m curious! 🙂
@@palmacateposielam odkaz aby to bolo jednoduchšie. Tu v odkaze ako to začalo.
ruclips.net/video/-8mZ7UPyQSA/видео.htmlsi=fuLdb1_K44h919rf
Máš hrubku...
Súhlasím. Slovenčina naozaj stojí uprostred slovanských jazykov. Nielen geograficky. Držím palce v ďalšej tvorbe.
ďakujem pekne! 😊
@@palmacate Penso che la lingua francese, sia ancora più difficile
@@9vmarcusactually no!
As someone born and living in Slovakia, yet not mainly speaking Slovak, I also would agree that out of the Slavic languages, Slovak is the only one that seems to have the least complicated "character", making it the easiest to understand if you already speak another slavic language.
Others make more use out of the specialized letters and harder-to-pronounce words (such as Polish or some Czech words), while Slovak generally keeps it minimal and familiar.
I've learned Slovak in 9 months up to B2 in an intensive course (4-5 hours during business days). My home language is Russian, so I had it simpler. Moreover, I've learned Ukrainian before, so that was another boost, since Ukrainian covers some other areas with its lexicon, which differ between Slovak and Russian. However, it's still completely another way of formulating yourself, the grammar differs noticeably (well, mainly in reflexive verbs) and one must go though the complications and spaghettification of the tongue, before it starts to obey the language rules and customs.
Anyway, one of the best decisions in my life, a great stepping stone towards other west-Slavic languages (Czech, of course, but also Polish, Slovene, Serbian), since they all have much in common in the grammar (e.g. the very same reflexive verbs). It has very beautiful pronunciation, very clear, very sharp, and personally I prefer it to Czech (my apologies, but that's totally subjective opinion).
I have a tip for you to improve the pronunciation and get closer to the fluent level. Just read aloud at least 30-40 minutes, with no hurry, with proper intonation, as if you recording an audiobook for the sake of humanity, and do it regularly and sufficiently often (every day would be perfect). The heavens should be praised, since Slovak has relatively very simple pronunciation rules: the stress is always on the first syllable, and you pronounce what is written, so you can start reading at pro level very quickly. Yes, you'll have to work intensively with dictionaries to comprehend the text, but even that could be left for a while, the simple rules allow you to read at pro level without understanding. In that sense you don't need to refer to dictionaries to merely check out the correct stresses, as it is with Russian, Ukrainian, English and so on.
That's how I read for the first time Dune (although my teacher was a bit surprised with the translation, but anyway). That particular action will help you to stop confusing the words with ones from Russian.
Secondly, don't deny yourself the pleasure of chit-chatting in a speaking club. If I hadn't offered my class to have a call every week, I'd have had it much harder to keep the (l)earned results in the head (but still manageable, especially if you read). And I still need them, since I will not be in Slovakia at least for a year (and no guarantee, that I will be there, all those visas and all). Just tell about your day, what you ate, whom you met, where you've been, what do you think of EPR paradox and the perspectives of merging quantum mechanics with the gravitation etc. Take the advice of General Brannigan from Futurama, "Say as much as you can, as fast as you can" (fastness will come with time).
Thank you so much for the detailed comment and for your tips! 🙂
Viete to lepšie vysvetliť, ako hociktorý rodený Slovák 🎉
I'm from Slovakia, I live here and I speak Slovak every day, and I also sometimes make a mistake in writing, it's difficult
lets divide the problematics of the language. 1. Alphabet- Slovak alphabet includes 46 letters, which makes it the most complex one in the Europe. but once you know pronunciation of each letter in the alphabet you basically know how to read whole words and sentences, because Slovak language has very few pronunciation exceptions. (unlike english )-> 2. reading- easy 3. grammar- this might be a problem, because as other slavic languages, this one is complex and has many rules that changes the basis of the words and sentences to something else (časovanie, skloňovanie,...)........bonus: negation- unlike in english where you use only one negation per sentence to negate the meaning of the sentence, in Slovak it is allowed to use multiple words per sentence to negate it so it is sometimes hard to explain even for us :D "Nikdy som neurobil nič nesprávne" (4 negations in 5 word sentence) - "i never did anything wrong"
True, grammar for me is the most difficult one, as for the other slavic languages :)
Čo sa týka negácie presne s vami súhlasím. Až sa čudujem tomu aké to máme v Slovenskom jazyku ťažké.
Slovencina je velmi tazky jazyk ale Vam to uz ide velmi dobre.
ďakujem!!! 😊
We move out and you are going to Slovakia? Why ? Just the economy is bad .. no work that pays, bad road and some people, no ocean.. idk why would any italian move to slovakia when we run from there because its so bad 😂
So many Slovaks ask me the same question 😂
Som rodený Slovák a som rád, že toto je môj materinský jazyk. 6 pádov, skloňovanie, vzory, vybrané slová, 46 písmen, diamritiku, ... Máme nádhernú literatúru, dokonca aj najdlhšiu ľúbostnú báseň na svete s názvom Marína od autora Amdreja Sládkoviča. K tomu máme ešte veľa nárečí, v Bratislave hovoríme tvrdo, v Banskej Bystrici majú takmer všetko mäkké, na východe to je ako úplne iný jazyk oproti západu, ... Každý zo zahraničia, kto sa učí náš jazyk je špeciálny pre nás, pretože ho máme komplikovaný a sú vzácny, pretože takmer všade sa dá dohovoriť po anglicky.
Ďakujem 🙂
Wow nice, you sound awesome! Funny, all Italians I talked to who tried to pronounce Slovak always got it right. And even English with Italian accent sometimes sounds like when a Slovak speaks English. Sounds are similar, the “hard” Rs and Ts I guess.
Thank you so much, ďakujem pekne! That’s interesting, I wasn’t expecting it could sound similar 😊
@@palmacate well me neither, but when I’m traveling and hear some English spoken let’s say by a Czech is VERY recognizable, Russian too, German or French so distinguishable. Southern “singing” italian accent sounds very typical too, but if I listen just pronouncing the words without the melody, sounds really similar (of course Slovaks don’t “sing” like that :)) and got confused few times already.
I am a slovak girl learning Croatian and they talk to me in English even if I tell them I know some Croatian and I want to practice. Which is weird because my mom talk to them in Slovak and they understand almost everything.
I know the feeling, it happens to me sometimes here 😅
Must be frustrating
Happens to me with german in germany all the time
@@martinakristofova4237 💪
As a Slovak patriot, I really appreciate that you are learning our language. And yes, many Slovaks doing mistakes in grammar
Thank you 😊
Especially "patriots" 😉
Ako hrdý Slovák a hrdý vlastnenec milujem našu nádhernú Slovenčinu a samozrejme ju považujem za najkrajší a najľúbozvučnejší jazyk na svete a musím povedať, že ti to ide veľmi dobre. Zároveň ti musím povedať, keďže si Talianka, že môj druhý najobľúbenejší a podľa mňa druhý najkrajší jazyk na svete, je práve Taliančina. 🇸🇰❤️🇮🇹
😍 ďakujem
@@palmacate Prego. 😉
Som slovenka a velmi dobre si sa naučila náš jazyk. Pokračuj v dobrej práci 🙂
Ďakujem pekne, ale dúfam že budem hovoriť plynulejšie ako teraz 😅
@@palmacate To je samozrejmosť, chce to čas 🙂
Slovak language saves the most phonetics from origin Slavic language "Bukvica" which was used by all Slavic nations... Before jezuits start splitting one Slavic nation into many... Bukvica has 49 phoems-sounds Slovak has 46... Other languages has many less... Latin and english only 28... Its like programing language in computers... Most simple language you have less comprehession and understanding u get...😅 If you want a "stupid" nation or nation of workers not thinkers u gave them "stupid-simpliest" programing language-alphabet...😅😅😅 Its all about new world order after french revolution and compulsory education...😅😅😅
Viem Angličtinu a Slovenčinu viem najviac. Príď do Trenčína, tam sa naučíš sama
Ďakujem, thank you! I have been to Trenčín, I loved it 😍 I also have a video about Trenčín on my channel
Pozdravujem zo Slovenska a ďakujem ❤❤❤
Si super :-) Len tak dalej, ide ti to skvele, s gramatikou sa netrap, s tou maju problem aj rodaci, pri tebe sa dokonca naucim aj po anglicky lebo ti v pohode rozumiem :-)
Ďakujem pekne, thanks a lot! Glad you also find my videos useful for learning English 😊
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well well well another native slovak pretend hes foreigner for views :D
I love your accent… it’s so interesting that you sometimes sound like Hungarian 🇭🇺 I mean the accent , especially your E-s. Fantastic. Otherwise your slovak is pefect 🌺Congratulations- BlahožElam ti a pozdravujem ťa z Londýna ❤🎉
Ďakujem ☺️ so interesting, most of the time people asked me if I’m Ukrainian, but never Hungarian or never guessed I’m Italian. I thought Italian accent was super strong
@@palmacate your E-s make you sound Hungarian 🇭🇺 but if I’m being dead honest you kinda sound like a mixture of Czech -polish and Hungarian all put in one basket 🧺 very interesting and cute 🥰
As a slovak I partially understand everz slavik language but not russian,because thez such a hard pronunciation. Edit: yes we do a lot of grammar mistakes,most common being the fact we mistake I with Y
As Slovak i can understand our Polish friends, I can understand Ukrainian too but sometimes i'm struggling and i can understand some of other slavic languages but i struggle a lot but i can comprehent what are they saying. (Also i must mention czechs, our brothers! I can uderstand 100% of what they are saying! (No suprise :DDD) I mean it's like the same language with different accent.)
Yeah, we sometimes do a lot of grammar mistakes, specially when it comes to Y and I... ( that is just nightmare fuel D: )
Hi, good job with learning slovak language. First of all, the fact its so unique that foreigner learn to speak just slovakian and second of all, you speak really well. Hats down. You have got my admiration. 👍❤️🤝💪😉
Thanks a lot 😊
Regarding grammar mistakes made by natives: actually, there is no "ahojte" - only "ahoj". And still everybody uses it 🤷♂️
I’m shocked 😅 I always hear it from people and say it myself (is it generally accepted as ‘informal/spoken’ language only?)
@@palmacateIt’s appropriate to use it only in informal speech or writing. It’s totally understandable in formal contexts as well, but it’s not appropriate in this case.
Ja by som chcel jedného dňa ovládať fínsky jazyk tak ako Vy slovenský. Ako dlho Vám trvalo dosiahnuť túto úroveň?
S aktívnym štúdiom (knihy atd´) cca 1,5 roka, ale žijem tu už dlho 🙂 fínsky jazyk veľmi ťažký, nech sa vám darí
Takmer čistá výslovnosť, pokračujte ❤ a niečo na tom esperante bude, že dosť rozumieme slovanským jazykom 😊
Ďakujem 😃
Máš veľmi peknú výslovnosť Slovenského jazyka. Chcelo by to obsah videá v Slovenskom jazyku pre Slovákov. Pohľad osoby. Zo zahraničia ktorá žije na Slovensku o živote na Slovensku.👍
Italové a Španělé maj dost výhodu při výslovnosti Slovenštiny a Češtiny, protože už uměj vyslovit většinu zvuků, zatimco anglicky mluvící se musej učit i základní samohlásky AEIOU.
Dakujem veľmi pekne! I'd love to be able to speak so fluently to make videos in Slovak, but I'll stick to English at the moment :) I love talking about this topic, in different formats (differences between Slovakia and Italy, vlogs, etc.)
True, we (Italians) also have AEIOU :) but Czech sounds is so difficult for me - especially the 'special' letters that you have!
@@palmacate Ofcourse you have AEIOU, but I meant that English speakers pronounce basic vowels completely differently, they say "EJ" instead of A and "OU" instead of O and it's hard to force them to forget about English pronunciation, while Italians and Spanish people can read it understandable even without learning proper pronunciation. There is one person from Dominikan Republic (Spanish speaker) who is learning Czech and his pronunciation is almost perfect, his pronunciation is much better than how Russians or Ukrainians speak, you would expect that it's gonna be easier for other slavic speakers, but not really, eastern slavic languages are like English - moving random accent, up and down intonation and it's full of not clear schwa sounds.
@@palmacate čo tak urobiť video o talianskej kultúre? Na Slovensku boli populárne talianske filmy hlavne komédie.
As someone who lives in Slovakia, I have to say you did great when speaking slovak. And slavik languages are really simmiliar and when you are native speaker you really understand the other slavik languages. Not everything, but you know some words.
Thanks a lot ☺️
Veľmi čisté. Skvelá práca👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Ďakujem 😀
Slovak is easy I am from slovakia❤
As Slovak I say our language have very difficult grammar, and yes, lot of people doing mistakes (most of mistakes are y vs. i, but also with spelling because we have "spodobovanie" - it´s something like two letters sound are simillar or some letter's sound in some cases is different..
I would be interested to know what materials you recommend to learn Slovak. I bought križom kražom but l regret it already 😅
I'm going to make a separate video on the resources I used to study Slovak (and some more I found recently), I will post it in a few weeks - don't give up! 😀
dobre len troška ešte prízvuk.
Ty si legenda!
Krásne rozprávaš po slovensky 👍
Ďakujem 😃
I'm Slovak and I am an anderstent polish from speaking Russian from speaking Ukrainian is the same and a little bit Serbian, and of course the Chech
Che brava! Hai proprio una bella pronuncia in slovacco! Suppongo adesso tu capisca qualcosina anche in ceco 😅
Grazie mille! Capisco il ceco molto poco, ma se lo leggo allora capisco un po’ di più! 😊
Ahoj Katka, tvoja Slovenčina je veľmi dobrá. :)
Ďakujem 🙏
"I" and "Y" letters are killing us sometimes when we write. 😅
I imagine 😅 biť, byť, byt - my favourites ahah
@@palmacate Those are the moments that you hesitate for a "bit" 😉if you are writing it properly. I can only wonder how a non-native speaker must be confused reading Slovak without diacritics in sms and e-mails. 😀
@@palmacate my favourites are riť, ryť
pij, pyj ;)
Šikovná :)
5:07 Where are you from in slovak is “Ta, skadze ty? 😅
Nemám rád bryndzové halušky😬😁
Naša gramatika je sprostá to hovoríme aj my😂
Ja som Slovákom 35rokov
It is always amazing to hear someone from foreign country speak our language. When I'm listening to you right now, I realize how difficult our Slovak language is. As we are relatively small country and our language is also specific, we are aware that foreign people have trouble to speak and maybe also to understand us, so we have no problem to speak slowly and understand any amount of imperfection in your speach.
We Slovak people are forced to learn other languages, from obvious reasons, or at least english only, which makes the most sense and I wish all people around the world to learn English on the first place, so we finally can communicate all together globally.
...so of course I wish you the quickest progress in Slovak language skills, but don't overdo it too much, time is rare and can be spent to other activities 😊
Thank you 🙏☺️ I agree regarding English!
Ak ti môžem poradiť, s tou konverzáciou, že nemáš príležitosti. Musíš začať myslieť v slovenčine. Vo svojej hlave keď sa rozprávaš počas dňa, keď ideš spať, hocikedy o hocičom. Ja sa už pol roka učím taliančinu, pred ňou som sa učila španielčinu, angličtinu, čínštinu. Vždy je to tak, že rozumieš skôr než dokážeš komunikovať naspäť. Tým sa netráp. A čo odporúčam sú filmy alebo seriály v cudzom jazyku s titulkami. Vedome sa neučíš, všetko za teba robí mozog, len to trvá trochu dlhšie. Veľa šťastia :)
Ďakujem pekne 😊
Yes, Slovak grammar is overly and unnecessary complicated
Remembering all the different cases, declensions, etc. my nightmare! :)
Because it was designed to be complicated so we could have our own free country, but it kinda hount us to present day
@@nikdonicso we wouldnt have free country if we had simpler grammar? 😂 No, we could have a simpler Štúrovskú grammar, but at the time when it was created it was unfortunately popular "panslavic" sentiment especially irrational admiration towards Russians (and many have unfortunately kept this slaveish nature, or maybe its some kind of Stockholm syndrome, who knows why many Slovaks tend to admire criminals) so they wanted to take over some ellements like "hard" I - Y which does not have any real basis in our language.
@@nikdonicreal, štúr sa prekonal
Do u understand Czech its verry similar to Slovak, but I heard non-native cant understand
No, just a little (very little) 🙂
Pekné Katka😊😊
Mesiac....moon or month
For me is a hero every nonslavic person learning or speaking Slovakian.
As someone who loves Slavic languages and wish I could speak at least 2 of them fluently, I can say that I agree 😂
Fajný kanál
Ďakujem pekne ☺️🙏
Interesting that you are shy as in previous video where you compared Italians and Slovaks you mentioned Slovaks are more shy compared to Italians when going to speak in English. So thought you wont be shy :) . Every language is complicated in some way, just keep speaking as you sound very nice and accents are cute/sexy and if you made some mistake dont worry as everyone will/should understand you.
Slovak grammar is hard you have go know when to put Y or I or some letters sounds different then in writting version.
Recording :)
To ma prekvapuje, ze Talianka sa zobrala ucit sa slovensky jazyk. Neviem ako teraz, ale kedysi v bratislavskych hoteloch napriklad Kyjev, ci Hotel Bratislava vysedavalo vela slovenskych diev ktore boli v talianskom jazyku velmi dobre a usilovné, i prićali…..a nie len v jazykoch boli dobre.
Steny v izbach, keby vedeli rozpravat, ake dobre veci vedeli na kolenach a nielen na kolenach modlit. Hu huuuuu. A niekedy do skoly prisli , to mali potom take biele flaky na rifliach a na trickach. A tiez Meky spieval ze darujem ti bieeely kvet. Teraz hápem.
Pronoununciation is very nice. What helps me the most when I am trying to speak in language which I am not fluent, is to put away the shame and do not care if it is correct or not. most of the people will get the meaning from context.
Thank you 🙏🙂
Strč prst skrz krk! (I know it's in Czech but who cares!)
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..me like slovak born person moving around central and south and east europe, i can confirm, that is really easy for me to understand almost every slavic language. And Your slovenčina is pretty goood :P
Prečo by talianka išla byvať na slovensko? prečo? PREČO??? nepochopiteľné... FORZA MILAN btw
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i think what youre saying is very ture, about the mistakes made by native speakers. id go as far to say that majority cannot use the proper grammar, whether it is distinguishing between i/y, putting commas or using the proper upper/lower case letters.
Ahoj Katka :) v prvom rade chcem povedať že som pozitívne prekvapená, že žena z talianska sa učí náš slovenský jazyk. Máš peknú výslovnosť a prajem veľa úspechov v tvojom ďalšom učení.
Ja sa trochu zaujímam o Japončinu, a jednu vec ktorú mi to dalo, je že pokiaľ sa cudzí jazyk naučíš koli škole a nepotrebuješ byť na vysokej úrovni (prekladatelstvo), tak je strata času riešiť gramatiku v zmysle sedieť nad knihami a biflovat tabuľky časovanie slovies. Gramatické pravidlá sa naučíme v praxi počas reálnych rozhovoroch z reálnych príkladov a len vtedy ich budeme vedieť aplikovať.
Pre mňa je najzaujímavejší Poľský jazyk. :) ak by si chcela niekedy ísť ďalej okrem Slovenčiny, tak určite odporúčam Poľštinu. ,) Nech sa ti darí a odoberam tvoj kanál.
Ďakujem pekne 🙏
I agree, one should not focus only on grammar, speaking is more important 😊
Ahoj, myslim, ze ti to ide super. Zaujimalo by ma ale, ci su ti zrozumitelne aspon ciastocne niektore nase narecia/dialekty. Klobuk dolu. 👍👍👍
Dakujem! Are there many dialects in Slovakia? 🙂
@@palmacate Nie je za co. Dialektov je privela na taku malu krajinu. 😁 Medzi zakladne patria zapadoslovenske narecie (dialect from west part), vychodoslovenske narecie (dialect from east part) a stredoslovenske (from central part). Oficialny jazyk je zalozeny na stredoslovenskom nareci. 🙂
ani mne nie su ani len ciastocne zrozumitelne ziadne dialekty a to som slovak 😀
@@TeslaBobo bez sance, ja som z vychodu z Michaloviec, ale ked spusti niekto po sarissky tak nerozumiem, manzelka je zo Ziliny a u nas nam tiez nerozumie
A pritom je slovencina uplne lahka: druhych 5 slovnych druhov (predlozky az citoslovcia) ma vzdy konstantny tvar. Prvych 5 slovnych druhov (podstatne mena az slovesa) ma tri rody krat tri casy x 2 pricastia x 2 vidy, To je len 36 tvarov. Plus mnohe veci maju plnovyznamove sloveso a nepouzivame vyjadrenie cez anglicke have. Napriklad Have a nice day je ovela viac slovenskejsie v tvare Prajem pekny den, Zelam pekny den, Vinsujem pekny den
Me, speaking slovak since birth : OH YOU DON´T SAY
Zdravím Vás Katarína, Slovenský jazyk je veľmi ťažký, preto veľa ľudí zo zahraničia sa učia skôr Český jazyk, lebo je ľahší a my Slováci rozumieme Českému jazyku, veľmi si vážime ľudí zo zahraničia ,ktorý prídu, dočasne alebo na trvalo, k nám na Slovensko a snažia sa naučiť po Slovensky ,začiatky sú ťažké, pri učení Slovenčiny a Vy ste šikovná, tak keď budete pokračovať, pôjde Vám to veľmi dobre .Fandím Vám.
Ďakujem pekne 🙏🙏🙏
A Češi tvrdí, že čeština je nejtěžší. Stejně tak Poláci tvrdí, že nejtěžší je polština. Ono každý jazyk má něco 😁 V češtině je pro cizince opravdu velký problém Ř, snad s výjimkou Poláků díky jejich podobnému RZ. No a dlouhé vs krátké samohlásky krom češtiny a slovenštiny snad už nikde moc nejsou. Jinak celkové věřím, že obtížnost gramatiky české a slovenské bude podobná.
Čeština vôbec nie je jednoduchšia ako slovenčina. :)
Proboha, v čem je těžší slovenština oproti češtině? To by musela mít víc pádů, ale má těch má dokonce o jeden míň. A to nezmiňujeme tu českou specifiku "ř". Promiňte, ale co jste napsal nemá objektivně podklad.
I think Slovak grammar in its structure is closer to classical latin than to the germanized Italian.
e interesante che per lri era imaprare la nostra lingua difficile, io o imparato italiano in un mese ma secondo me e facile imparare vostra lingua, ma lei parla molto bene:-))
Grazie! Si, ho notato che per gli slovacchi è abbastanza facile imparare l’Italiano 😊
Skvělé video! Natočíme podcast?
celá moja rodina skepela v havárií
Yeah as a born in Slovakia it's soooo hard even for me like we have the exams where we write few really hard sentences and often I got a C
When I hear you I think you speak Slovak it's pretty good BUT I think you should talk to a Slovakian to learn the pronunciation
I agree, the best to learn is to talk with native speakers! :)
I dont understand why someone wants to learn Slovak ... It is very small country, only 5mio. people and language is not easy... Slovaks have to learn english, or second language...
Because I live in SK 😅
In fact very few Slovaks will speak and write correctly nowadays. One of the reasons is social media of course where we completely omit those special characters (ž, č, ú….) and ignore correct usage of commas and so on. People usually say that middle region (around Martin city) speaks the cleanest Slovak, that might be right. I come from the western part where the language somewhat resembles czech. 😀
And btw, you did a great job with all those phrases you used and your pronounciation is also impressive. (Very minor thing : “v hotovosti “ instead of “hotovosti” but nobody would notice when spoken) keep going ! ❤
Thanks for your comment! 😊
Thank you for a nice video about my language. At 5:05 you're mentioning formal/informal language. Fun fact, some time ago we even had a third level of formality in the language, following three steps of distancing. Odkiaľ si (informal, where are you-singular from, or very literally where "is you" from), odkiaľ ste (formal, where are you-plural from), odkiaľ sú (very formal, where are they from). The third form is still understood today, just feels awkward unless in a movie about royalty. You usually use it for mock respect like when your friend achieves something huge.
Thanks for mentioning it! :)
Rozprávaš po slovensky s oravským prízvukom 🙂 Nech sa ti darí 🌹👌
Ďakujem ☺️
I have only one question. Why? One of the most useless languages in the EU. And I know, I'm Slovak
I live in SK! :)
well, slovak as such is not spoken by many people, but if you learn it, you would have strong basis to understand the largest group in europe - slovania :) that would be similar case to other Slovan languages spoken by smaller numbers of people, like our brothers in Slovenija or Czechs, Serbs, Croats etc (you yourself might possibly see the similarities between slovak and russian, of course there are differences too)
True 🙏
Máš úžasnú slovenčinu☺❤ Výborne pokračuj dalej❤
Ďakujem 🙏
Tvoja slovenčina je veľmi dobrá. Teší ma že sa niekto učí môj materinský jazyk aj keď to nieje ľahké a náhodou ja sa učím zase po taliansky❤
D’akujem, veľa šťastia pri učení taliančiny! 🌸
Si úžasná 👍🏻 Ja sa zas chcem naučiť dobre po taliansky, pretože Taliansko milujem. A taliančina je premna úplne nádherný jazyk.
Ďakujem 😊🙏
As a native speaker, we really apprieciate that you try and are not afraid, it actually means a lot for us when someones tries to learn a bit of Slovak😇 talking from my own experience..
Thank you 😊
Proč mluvíte anglicky, když se učíte slovensky a na Slovensku i žijete? Rádi bychom tedy poslouchali slovenštinu ve Vašem podání.
Because I want a wider audience to understand my videos, and because it would be difficult for me to speak for a full video in Slovak :)
dakujem za video o mojom jazyku 😄
strč prst skrs krk :D :D už naučene ?
😂😂 I might post a video where I try to say tongue twisters like this
What I noticed is that your short sentences are much closer to the way a native speaker would pronounce them and in the long sentences it seems like you have more difficult time to concentrate on the sentence structure so in that case you tend to unconsiously fall back on the itialian accent overall I really appreciate the effort you had put into learning the language it earned my subscribe
Thank you 🙂
You’re right, I need to focus more to say long sentences 😅
@@palmacate It's understandable and it takes a really long time to not be constantly thinking about the sentence structure (from my experience) especially when I consider how difficult Slovak language is for foreigners that need to think about all of the rules that we take for given .. Really it's admirable that you are taking your time to learn such stupidly difficult language when there are just a very few people who can actually speak it
hi Caterina, if you want (and you are in Bratislava), we can try learn both language what we need practise (you Slovak, an me English) 🙂 …PS: “Slovensko” nie “Slóvensko” ako si to vyslovila vo videu …”o” je kratke bez dĺžňa 😉
I could never hear the difference between “Slovensko” and “Slóvensko” with stressed 'o', thanks for pointing it out, ďakujem!
@@palmacate 😇 …you speak in video “Slóvensko”, what is bad use of “ó” because right is “Slovensko” with “o” 😉 …right use of “ó” is for example “óda” [EN = ode -> lyrics poem]
very nice. Slovak is not difficult, you speak nicely, but you have to realize your English sounds to a native English speaker probably as your Slovak to a Slovakian. also my Italian sounds strange to Italians, as they always ask me where I'm from
As a typical Czech when I see a video about someone learning Slovak, I am here to say - you should try Czech instead, it has simplier pronunciation. 🙂
I wish my head had the space to fit so many languages 😅 I'd love to be a polyglot but it's hard
A v čem má čeština snazší výslovnost? To mi tedy uniklo.
@@zahradnikovi8756 Čistější výslovnost bez toho východního přízvuku, nemáme žádný měký L, dlouhý R a L, Ô a už vůbec ne schwa zvuky jako Ä a intonace češtiny je dost monotónní a pořád stejná, zatimco slovenština je hodně melodická a je v podstatě nemožný se ten správněj přízvuk naučit.
Môžeš sa porozpravať o ťažkej slovenčine s ibrahimom majgom.
Sono molto soddisfatto e sorpreso che ho trovato un video così, ci sono alcuni italiani che vivono qua ma non sanno parlare, tu sei davvero brava ,
Io invece sto imparando l'italiano ogni giorno, tra due giorno parto per l'italia per studiare , mi piacerebbe trovarti qualche volta , ci sono tante cose da parlare 😁🤪
Grazie! :) in bocca al lupo per lo studio 🇮🇹
@@palmacate grazie signora :)
1:49 You can communicate in Slovak without any problems in Czechia. It's basically the same language, only a few words are different. But you probably already know that. It would be a bit more difficult in Poland, but a native speaker should have no problem with basic phrases even in Poland.
Sounds good 😊 probably similar to Italian/Spanish, even if I don’t speak Spanish at all, I would still be able to understand something!
If she is not native in Slovak, she will probably have a serious problem with understanding Czech.
@@palmacate It's probably closer than Italian/Spanish, but if you are not native Slovak speaker, it won't be that easy for you to understand Czech. Understanding other (even very close language) needs some experiences that we have because we were one country for decades. For Slovaks, it's easier, because a lot of their stuff is in Czech, many movies have Czech dubbing, some books are translated only to Czech, so they are more used to Czech than we are used to Slovak.
You're right, for me Czech is really hard, especially the sounds! and I love how basically everyone in Slovakia speaks, or at least understand, also Czech!
@@Pidalin Of course not when he's in the learning phase. In a few (probably) years, when he speaks Slovak well, it will be easy. Like Spanish vs Portuguese.
Hi if u are not Slovak then look:: Great Moravia (capital city Nitra in the time) and then u will understand how great we was :) It was before Hungary come from Asia and then they try burn our history but it is in history but i think when u will see map Great Moravia you will be know why we can understand each other (but not hungary XD ) :) Have a great day :)
capital city Nitra!?! Co vas to na skole uci za kraviny? XD
"Italian talking in Slovak" then you do the video in english, thanks for the bait
All syllables are a little bit longer (In east Slovakia shorter!). Emphasis and length are there not the same! 2 long syllables are regulary not allowed! e.g.: Namáhavá; NA has accent; the á=aaa(!)
I will teach you the Slovak language :D
@palmacate
7:38 - 7:39
Prosíte si tašku ? (Would you like to have a bag ?)
Prajete si tašku ? (Do you wish for a bag ?)
Ďakujem 😊
nice one, drzim palce Katarina !
Ďakujem 🙏
Me, as a Slovakian, I must say your Slovak is pretty good. I'm happy that someone in the world is learning our language. If you want to learn more, or you want some tips about my language, you can just ask me anytime you want. 😁🤍