KitsumiFree basic Slovak words
A seven-page printable PDF for your first weeks of Slovak: how it sounds, how words work, 236 everyday words and sentences to read aloud.
PDF · 7 pages · 264 KB · no sign-up · free to print and share
Next, meet these words in real videos: Kitsumi is free for Chrome and Firefox.
What's inside
- How Slovak soundsRead as it's written, with the stress always on the first syllable. Long á and ĺ, ä and ô, soft ď, ť, ň and ľ, a breathy h, and r and l as vowels in words like prst, vlk and krk.
- How words workNo articles, masculine, feminine and neuter nouns with ten, tá and to in three colours, how endings change (káva, kávu, kávy), ty or Vy, and byť and robiť: som, si, je, sme, ste, sú.
- 236 words, then show wordsAhoj, dobrý deň and ďakujem, family, numbers, kofola and bryndzové halušky, the hory, places and verbs. Then Fakt?, Paráda! and Pohoda, what to call people, and ten sentences to read before you check.
How to use it
- Read the sounds page aloud, one row at a time. Keep it next to you while you read the rest.
- Read the grammar page twice. You don't need to learn it, just to notice ten, tá and to, and how the verb ending changes.
- Learn five words a day. Cover the grey English on the last page, read each sentence aloud, then slide the paper down to check.
- Watch something in Slovak with Kitsumi and catch the words you know. Fakt, jasné and pohoda turn up in every scene.
Questions
Is it free?
Yes. It's a free PDF with no sign-up. Print it, keep it and share it.
Is Slovak hard to pronounce?
Less than it looks. Slovak is read as it's written, and the stress always falls on the first syllable. Words like prst and vlk take a little practice, and you're understood long before they're perfect.
Do I need to learn the cases first?
No. Learn each word in its dictionary form, the way the sheet lists it. The endings come with listening.