I can say what hurts and how I feel, and understand the doctor's question “Čo vám je?”.
Bolí ma hlava: what hurts and how you feel
Bolí ma hlava: what hurts and how you feel
Why: to tell a doctor and people you know what hurts and how you feel.
English says “my throat hurts”; Slovak says “the throat hurts me”: “Bolí ma hrdlo”. ma stands in second position. When several things hurt, bolia: “Bolia ma ruky”. Before two nouns joined by a, bolí also works: “Bolí ma hlava a hrdlo”.
For another person, use the name in the “whom?” form, as in module 4: “Luciu bolí zub”. Yesterday: “Bolela ma hlava”, “Boleli ma nohy”.
Set phrases: “Je mi zle / zima / teplo”: I feel sick / I'm cold / I'm warm (never ×Som zima). The doctor asks “Čo vám je?”: what's wrong? “Čo sa stalo?”: what happened? “Cítim sa lepšie”: I feel better.
To one person with vy, the adjective is singular and in that person's gender, as with rád: “Ste spokojná?” to a woman, “Ste spokojný?” to a man.
bolí (hurts) and boli (were) differ only by the mark: tell them apart by the meaning.
Common mistakes:
• דBolí mi noha” → “Bolí ma noha”.
• דBolí ma zuby” → “Bolia ma zuby”.
• דSte chorí?” to one woman, formally → “Ste chorá?”.
What hurts and how you feel
Slovak says “the head hurts me” and “it's cold to me”.
| What we want to say | In Slovak | Wrong |
|---|---|---|
| hurts (one thing) | Bolí ma + hlava, noha | ×U mňa bolí |
| hurt (several things) | Bolia ma + zuby, ruky | ×Bolí ma zuby |
| I feel sick / I'm cold / I'm warm | Je mi zle / zima / teplo | ×Ja som zima |
| how you feel | Cítim sa dobre / zle / lepšie | ×Cítim dobre |
Lesson notes
Bolí ma hlava: what hurts and how you feel
Why: to tell a doctor and people you know what hurts and how you feel.
English says “my throat hurts”; Slovak says “the throat hurts me”: “Bolí ma hrdlo”. ma stands in second position. When several things hurt, bolia: “Bolia ma ruky”. Before two nouns joined by a, bolí also works: “Bolí ma hlava a hrdlo”.
For another person, use the name in the “whom?” form, as in module 4: “Luciu bolí zub”. Yesterday: “Bolela ma hlava”, “Boleli ma nohy”.
Set phrases: “Je mi zle / zima / teplo”: I feel sick / I'm cold / I'm warm (never ×Som zima). The doctor asks “Čo vám je?”: what's wrong? “Čo sa stalo?”: what happened? “Cítim sa lepšie”: I feel better.
To one person with vy, the adjective is singular and in that person's gender, as with rád: “Ste spokojná?” to a woman, “Ste spokojný?” to a man.
bolí (hurts) and boli (were) differ only by the mark: tell them apart by the meaning.
Common mistakes:
• דBolí mi noha” → “Bolí ma noha”.
• דBolí ma zuby” → “Bolia ma zuby”.
• דSte chorí?” to one woman, formally → “Ste chorá?”.