I can name the rooms of an apartment and a dorm, say where things are (vľavo, hore), ask “which one?” — ktorý, ktorá, ktoré — and not mix up prízemie and prvé poschodie.
Môj byt: izby, poschodia a ktorý?
Môj byt: izby, poschodia a ktorý?
Why: to describe an apartment, a house, or a dorm and say where things are. Kde je kúpeľňa? — Vpravo. To say exactly where, use the words from module 2: vľavo, vpravo, hore, dole, vpredu, vzadu.
Rooms: izba — a room; byt — an apartment (the whole home); záchod — a toilet; pracovňa — a study; miestnosť — a room, a space. Kuchynka is a small kitchen in an office or a dorm. Spolubývajúci / spolubývajúca is a roommate (a man / a woman); sused / suseda is a neighbor in the building.
Floors: street level is prízemie (the US first floor); the US second floor is prvé poschodie, the third is druhé poschodie. The ordinal with poschodie is neuter: prvé, druhé, tretie, štvrté. The table is next to this text.
Which one? Unlike English “which”, the word follows the noun's gender: ktorý stôl, ktorá taška, ktoré pero. The answer is ten, tá, to or an ordinal: Ktoré poschodie? — Tretie.
Common mistakes:
• ×Toto je moja izba — about the whole apartment → Toto je môj byt.
• The first floor (street level) is not ×prvé poschodie but prízemie.
Floors
Slovak floors start from the prízemie: the US second floor is prvé poschodie.
| In English | In Slovak |
|---|---|
| first floor | prízemie |
| second floor | prvé poschodie |
| third floor | druhé poschodie |
Which one?
Ktorý changes with the noun's gender, unlike English “which”.
| Gender | Question | Answer |
|---|---|---|
| masc. | ktorý stôl | ten vpravo |
| fem. | ktorá taška | tá hore |
| neut. | ktoré pero | to vľavo |
Lesson notes
Môj byt: izby, poschodia a ktorý?
Why: to describe an apartment, a house, or a dorm and say where things are. Kde je kúpeľňa? — Vpravo. To say exactly where, use the words from module 2: vľavo, vpravo, hore, dole, vpredu, vzadu.
Rooms: izba — a room; byt — an apartment (the whole home); záchod — a toilet; pracovňa — a study; miestnosť — a room, a space. Kuchynka is a small kitchen in an office or a dorm. Spolubývajúci / spolubývajúca is a roommate (a man / a woman); sused / suseda is a neighbor in the building.
Floors: street level is prízemie (the US first floor); the US second floor is prvé poschodie, the third is druhé poschodie. The ordinal with poschodie is neuter: prvé, druhé, tretie, štvrté. The table is next to this text.
Which one? Unlike English “which”, the word follows the noun's gender: ktorý stôl, ktorá taška, ktoré pero. The answer is ten, tá, to or an ordinal: Ktoré poschodie? — Tretie.
Common mistakes:
• ×Toto je moja izba — about the whole apartment → Toto je môj byt.
• The first floor (street level) is not ×prvé poschodie but prízemie.