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Colloquial Slovak TheC omplCeotuer se foBre ginners James Naughton Londoann dN ewY ork Firpsutb lish1e9d9 7 byR outledge 11N ew FettLearn eL,o ndoEnC 4P4 EE Simultaneopuusbllyi shient dh eU SA andC anada byR outledge 29W est3 5tSht reeNte,w YorkN,Y 10001 © 1997J ameNsa ughton Mapso fS lovak(ipa8. ) a ndt heH ighT atr(aps1. 7 1b)y K ristofBf1eerg vad Mapo fB ratisl(apv1.a9 2b)y M attheCwr abbe TypesientT imeTse nb yF 10rencetLytpdSe,t oodleDiegvho,n Printaendd b oundi nE nglanbdy C layLst dS,t I vePsL C The authohra sa ssertheidsm orarli ghitnsa ccordawnicteSh e cti7o7no f theC opyrigDhets,i gannsd P atenAtcst 1 988 Allr ighrtess ervNeod p.a rotf t hibso okm ayb er eprinotrer de produced oru tiliiznea dn yf ormo rb ya nye lectromneicch,a nicoarol t,h emre ans, nowk nowno rh ereafter inventedp,h otionccolpuydaiinnndrgg e cording, ori na nyi nformatsitoonr aogrer etriesvyaslt ewmi,t hopuetr missiino n writifnrgo mt hep ublishers. 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PG5239.3.E541C96956 491.8'68--2-d4c2210 95-26195 ISBN� 415-1154�(Xb ook) ISBN� 415-11541(-c8a ssettes) ISBN� 415-11542(-6b ooakn dc assetctoeusr se) Contents Abbreviatiuosnesd vii Introduction 1 Pronunciatgiuoind e 4 1 Akos am ate? 10 Howa ryeo u? 2 to robite? 22 Whaatr yeo duo ing? 3 Sil eniva? 32 Arey olua zy? 4 Idemd o mesta 42 I'gmo itnotg o wn 5 Chcemi st'd o kina 54 Iw anttog ot ot hcei nema 6 Toj ek rasndae dina! 66 Thatal' osv veilly lage! 7 Ranajkoyb,e dv,e cera 81 Breaklfuanscsthu,,p per 8 Chcelnaa pisalti's t 93 Shwea ntteowd r iatl ee tter vi 9 Stratsiolma cestovnpya s 106 I'lvoems ytp assport 10 Moiem istd''alej7 119 CanIc omien ? 11 Nakupovanie 131 Shopping 12 Kol'kjoeh odi7n 143 Whatti mieis t ? 13 Akom ackas mysou 153 Likaec awti tahm ouse �U! 14 SveteTra,t ray � udovit 164 A sweattheTera ,t raansI:d u doSvtfutr 15 eo keby7 180 What if? 16 Matev ol'nsyt ol7 195 Doy ohua vaet able free? Grammars ummary 214 Keyt oe xercises 228 Slovak-Engglliosshs ary 246 English-Slgolvoasks ary 276 Indeoxf l anguagpeoi nts 285 Abbreviatiuosnesd acc.a ccusative adj.a djective dat.d ative t feminine freq. frequeen tativ gen.g enitive impf imperfective in.s instrumental lac.l ocative m. masculine n. neuter no.m nominative pf perfective pI. plural sg singular >< arrowhpeoaidnstt iopn egr fectives Introduction Slovawkiitaih,t c sa piBtraalt is(lnaofvtaa fr r oVmi ennhaa)s, beeanni ndepesntdaestnietn C czee choslsopvlaaittkt hi eean odf 199Th2i.s ' Velvet wDaispv roercceeid'n1e 9d8 b9y t h'eV elvet Revoluwthiiocsnha' wt, h fea olfl commiunnCi zsemc hoslovakia, duriRnugs sGioar'bsa cyheeavNr osw.t hrea thleearsf sfl uneenxtt ­ doonre ighobfto huCerz eRcehp ubalniAdcu s trSilao,v aigksri aap ­ pliwnigt phr obloefmm sa joard justtmoae r natd iccahlalnyg ed econoamnidpc o liteincvailr onFmaelrne tvs.is s ibtyfe odr eigners thatnhC ez ecRhe pubolrAi ucs tria, Sliotmvsoa uknitaas,ik niws i,t h resorretmso,ct oeu ndtirsyt rviicntisc,uc latsutarlneedo,s l tdo wns, merimtosra et tenatlioownnig,ti htl si teraantodut rhaeer rtW sa.t ch oufto firl mosrS, l ovoarkc heasntpdre arsf oromnye orusCr O s. Slovapkrieas'peson ptu laitssi oomne tohvienfirgv aen adq uar­ temri ll(iionnc laus diiznegHa ubnlgea rmiiannoy r.)Ai sta r esult ofe migraltaicsoetnn taunrdty h itsh,ea rreae l smoa npye opolfe Slovak daeloslvc eterhn getl obees,pe ciinNa olrltAyhm erica. Upt o1 91S8l ovahkaidbae epna rotft hkei ngdoofHm u ngary sintchete e nctehn tAufrtyte.hr Fe i rWsotr lWda ra,n dt hfea olfl thHea bsburgA-ursuotl-reHdu ngaErmipainrS el,o vakia became parotfC zechoslDouvraitknhigSea e .c oWnodr lWda ri wta bsr iefly semi-indeupnedneNdrae znhite gemobneyf,o groei nbga ctko Czechoslsoovoaunkn idaec,ro mmunriuslte . The Slovlaakn guiasvg eerc yl otsoCe z ecbho,ti hnv ocabulary andi ng rammaanrdC, z ecchasun n dersStlaonvqdau ki etaes ily. StandSalrodvi arska tmhoedre irnon r igbianso,en dc entSrlaolv ak dialeacntdss h,a piendti otp sr esfeonrtsm i ntche1e 8 40Isth. a d tos trutgogm laek hee adwuanyd eHru ngareidaunc atdioomnia­l nancbeu,tq uicbkelcya tmhem ea imne diuomfe ducaatnido n publliiicfn eS lovafkrio1am9 18. Theraer neo g recaotn fltiocdtbasey t weeednu castpeodka ennd writntoernm tsh,o udgiha luescatgi ess tisltlr oanngdv ar.i ed 2 Sometihmoewse vyeorfiu n dt haawt o ridnc ommoenv eryudsaey whiicsah l sionC zecihsr ejeacst' eidn cobryrg eucatr'd oifta hnes languianfg aev,o oufar n otShleorv eaqku ivalent. Thibso ohka bse edne sigfnoetrdh ceo mplbeetgei nannedir t assumneoks i nodfs pecialliinzgeudi stic Ictao immptseo t ence. taklee arunpet roas l evaetwl h itchhe cya cno mmuniucsaetfeu lly ona r anogfee verytdoapyai ncbdse gtiont ackbloeo kasn nde ws­ papeIrtcs o.m bienveesr yddiaayl oagnudse ism pnlaer ratteixvtes witehx planoafit nidoinv liadnugaulpa ogiena tnsde ssensttiraulc ­ turAe rse.c orhdaibsne gep nr odutcoae cdc omptahnbeyo oakn,d ituss ies o fc ourpsaer ticularly irfye ocuao rmwemo ernkdiendg withaot ueta cohren ra tisvpee aker. Furtherre ading KlaudiHao likovae ta l.D,o bryd en,s lovenci[nGao odd ay,S lovak], BratislUanviav:e rzKiotmae nskeh1o9,9 1(.G oodr evisimoant eriwailt,h dialogaunedst extuss inegv erydlaayn guaEgnet.i reilnSy l ovaekx,c ept fort hev ocabulbarroyc hure.) TomasD ratvaan dV iktorBiuaz novaS,l ovencpirneac udzinc[oSvl ovak forF oreigneBrrsa]t,i slSalvoav:e nspkeed agogincakkel adatel1'9s9t2v.o , (Aliln S lovacko,l oupri cturreesa,d inegx,e rcises.) PeterB alazM,i loslDaavr oveacn d HeatheTrr ebaticSklao,v afko r SlaviciBsrtast,i slSalvoav:e nspkeed agogincakkel adater2sntdve od,n , 1985(.S tricgtrlaym mar-barseeldi,a wbilteh iint ssc ope.) JamesN aughtoTnr,a vellLeirtse raCroym paniotno E asterna ndC entral EuropeB.r ightoInnP: r in1t9,9 5(.C haptoenr S lovalki teratbuirbel,i ­ ographoyfa vailaEbnlgel itsrha nslatbiroinelsfi, t ereaxrtyr acts.) TheS lavonLiacn guageesd,.B ernarCdo mriea ndG revilGl.e C orbett, Londona ndN ew York:R outledg1e9,9 3(.C hapteorn Slovakf,o r linguibsyt Dsa,v idS hortl,e cturaettr h eS chooolf S lavonaincd E ast EuropeaSnt udieLso,n don.) JohnK inga ndR icharNde beskCyz,e cahn dS lovaRke publiHcasw,t horn, AustralLioan:e lPyl ane1t9,9 5(.W idelayv ailagbulied ebook.) ColiSna underasn dR enatNaa roznaW,a lkinign t heH igha nd Tatras, MilnthorCpuem,b riCai:c eroPnree s1s9,9 4(.D etaiwlaeldk inggu ide.) 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