Slovak Questions
Learning the Slovak Questions is very important because its structure is used in every day conversation. The more you practice the subject, the closer you get to mastering the Slovak language. But first we need to know what the role of Questions is in the structure of the grammar in Slovak.
Slovak questions may be either a linguistic expression used to make a request for information, or else the request itself made by such an expression. Usually it starts with why, how, where, when.
Grammar Tips:
In Slovak is
question formed similar like in English by placing verb before pronoun:
-Verb + pronoun:
Example (Ty) Máš dnes čas?(Do you have time today?)- pronoun ‘ty’ is in
this case silent.
More common
way to form future tense is:
-to be + verb + noun: Example: Budeš mať dnes čas? (Will you have
time today?)
Here are some examples:
| English Questions | Slovak Questions |
| Questions | Otázky |
| how? | ako? |
| what? | čo? |
| who? | Kto? |
| why? | Prečo? |
| where? | kde? |
| |
| where is he? | Kde je? |
| what is this? | Čo je to? |
| why are you sad? | prečo ste smutný? |
| how do you want to pay? | Ako to chcete zaplatiť? |
| |
| can I come? | môžem prísť? |
| is he sleeping? | je to spí? |
| do you know me? | Viete, ma? |
| do you have my book? | Máte moju knihu? |
| how big is it? | Ako veľká je to? |
| can I help you? | pre vás môžem urobiť? |
| can you help me? | Môžete mi pomôcť? |
| do you speak English? | Hovoríte anglicky? |
| how far is this? | Ako ďaleko je to? |
| what time is it? | Koľko je hodín? |
| how much is this? | koľko to je? |
| what is your name? | Ako sa voláš? |
| where do you live? | Kde bývaš? |
As you can see from the example above, the structure of the Questions in Slovak has a logical pattern. Locate the Questions above and see how it works with the rest of the sentence in Slovak.
List of Questions in Slovak
Below is a list of the Questions and interrogative expressions in Slovak placed in a table. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Slovak vocabulary.
| English Questions | Slovak Questions |
| Vocabulary | Slovná zásoba |
| Countries | Krajiny |
| Australia | Austrália |
| Cambodia | Kambodža |
| Canada | Kanada |
| China | Čína |
| Egypt | Egypt |
| England | Anglicko |
| France | Francúzsko |
| Germany | Nemecko |
| Greece | Grécko |
| India | Indie |
| Indonesia | Indonézia |
| Italy | Taliansko |
| Japan | Japonsko |
| Mexico | Mexiko |
| Morocco | Maroko |
| Peru | Peru |
| Spain | Španielsko |
| Thailand | Thajsko |
| USA | USA |
| |
| Languages | Jazyky |
| Arabic | Arabčina |
| Chinese | Číňan |
| English | Angličtina |
| French | Francúzština |
| German | Nemecký |
| Greek | Gréčtina |
| Hebrew | Hebrejčina |
| Hindi | Hindčina |
| Italian | Taliančina |
| Japanese | Japonec |
| Korean | Kórejský |
| Latin | Latinčina |
| Russian | Ruský |
| Spanish | Španielčina |
| Urdu | Urdu |
| |
| Days | Dni |
| Monday | Pondelok |
| Tuesday | Utorok |
| Wednesday | Streda |
| Thursday | Štvrtok |
| Friday | Piatok |
| Saturday | Sobota |
| Sunday | Nedeľa |
| |
| time | čas |
| hour | hodina |
| minute | minúta |
| second | druhý |
Questions and interrogative expressions have a very important role in Slovak, therefore they need very special attention. Once you're done with Slovak Questions, you might want to check the rest of our Slovak lessons here: Learn Slovak. Don't forget to bookmark this page.