Tmave pivo worked for me about 90% of the time. It was that or nothing. If they didn’t have it, they would usually nod their head or utter something to me that I interpreted to be “go away now“! 😐 I spent five weeks traveling Slovakia while contributing to the economy one beer at a time. I was hugely successful. Pivovar is my favorite Slovak word! 😏
Heh yes, I should mention that speaking simply is also good in Slovakia. Like saying "Jedno pivo, prosim" is totally fine. Some people do get annoyed when you talk to them...I can't tell if it because we're foreigners, or if they're just always like that hehe
These phrases totally come in handy when you're going out for a drink. Did you learn some Slovak phrases? Maybe you already knew and want to correct me? hahaha
i agreed , i notices english is not as popular as you get far away from the city center . i dont think the language is hard but there some really complicated words to say like zmrzlina
@@GAMINGCENTRALNETWORK. Definitely, true. Some words have been quite difficult to pronounce yeah. Like the word Štvrtok (Thursday) & zaujímavé (interesting) were really difficult for me to pronounce for example.
@@nicksterba how long it took you to at least been able to maintain a conversation? sometimes it can be intimidating and make you think wth i’m doing with my life 🤣🤣🤣 but i do feel at peaces vs being in the us i don’t know how to explain that
@@GAMINGCENTRALNETWORK. I still can't maintain a conversation really, I only know how to order food or ask where something is haha but yeah it definitely is intimidating at times, I always have my translator app on my phone hah I think I understand what you mean, feeling at peace here. The U.S. can be chaotic socially at times.
@@nicksterba I hear you. We are not living in a perfect world. I've already been insulted by Slovaks speaking intermediate-level Slovak (told that listening to me makes them laugh) despite the fact that I'm ethnically Slovak. They just want to hear perfect Slovak. Now just imagine going to a Chinese restaurant in the US and telling the waiter that their English makes you laugh. It would go like this: "Racial discrimination at local Chinese restaurant. News at 11."
"Jedno pivo" is gramatically correct, but to a beginner, I would recommend "jeden krát pivo", "dva krát pivo"... - it is the simplest form necessary and it works with everything. To place the phrase "môžem Vás poprosiť" at the start is in any way good. With this, one can function in Slovakia. Trouble may arise on counter questions - as with unavailable stuff and counter proposals, so I recommend to make sure that the stuff you're ordering is available.
I'm trying to figure out some easy-to pronounce replacement for "zmrzlina", but haven't been able so far... Fortunately, no one really orders generic "zmrzlina", most people do with its particular sorts like "chocolate", "vanilla" etc and the number of scoops. For instance "jeden krát vanilka, jeden krát čokoláda..." - this would be the minimalistic working phrase, with no declensions needed whatsoever.
Surprisingly enough, zmrzlina wasn't too difficult for me to pronounce when I first learned that word, though I can see how the cluster of consonants could make it difficult. For me, I still have trouble pronouncing Thursday...štvrtok..but using the word "krát" helps keep these types of phrases simple, thank you!
@@nicksterba as for "Štvrtok", as a interim solution I would recommend leaving out the "v", thus making "Štrtok" out of it - not correct, but still unambiguously comprehensible.
Tmave pivo worked for me about 90% of the time. It was that or nothing. If they didn’t have it, they would usually nod their head or utter something to me that I interpreted to be “go away now“! 😐 I spent five weeks traveling Slovakia while contributing to the economy one beer at a time. I was hugely successful. Pivovar is my favorite Slovak word! 😏
Heh yes, I should mention that speaking simply is also good in Slovakia. Like saying "Jedno pivo, prosim" is totally fine. Some people do get annoyed when you talk to them...I can't tell if it because we're foreigners, or if they're just always like that hehe
Some people are deffinitely just always like that 😂
These phrases totally come in handy when you're going out for a drink. Did you learn some Slovak phrases? Maybe you already knew and want to correct me? hahaha
i agreed , i notices english is not as popular as you get far away from the city center . i dont think the language is hard but there some really complicated words to say like zmrzlina
@@GAMINGCENTRALNETWORK. Definitely, true. Some words have been quite difficult to pronounce yeah. Like the word Štvrtok (Thursday) & zaujímavé (interesting) were really difficult for me to pronounce for example.
@@nicksterba how long it took you to at least been able to maintain a conversation? sometimes it can be intimidating and make you think wth i’m doing with my life 🤣🤣🤣 but i do feel at peaces vs being in the us i don’t know how to explain that
@@GAMINGCENTRALNETWORK. I still can't maintain a conversation really, I only know how to order food or ask where something is haha but yeah it definitely is intimidating at times, I always have my translator app on my phone hah
I think I understand what you mean, feeling at peace here. The U.S. can be chaotic socially at times.
@@nicksterba I hear you. We are not living in a perfect world. I've already been insulted by Slovaks speaking intermediate-level Slovak (told that listening to me makes them laugh) despite the fact that I'm ethnically Slovak. They just want to hear perfect Slovak.
Now just imagine going to a Chinese restaurant in the US and telling the waiter that their English makes you laugh. It would go like this: "Racial discrimination at local Chinese restaurant. News at 11."
"Jedno pivo" is gramatically correct, but to a beginner, I would recommend "jeden krát pivo", "dva krát pivo"... - it is the simplest form necessary and it works with everything. To place the phrase "môžem Vás poprosiť" at the start is in any way good. With this, one can function in Slovakia. Trouble may arise on counter questions - as with unavailable stuff and counter proposals, so I recommend to make sure that the stuff you're ordering is available.
I didn't realize that this phrase could be used! I will try it out sometime, and it's good for beginner's to know. Thanks for the comment 🤙
WC is actually an abbreviation for 'Water Closet'. Funny that you as a native speaker has never heard of it.
I'm a native English speaker, I'm American, just living in Slovakia for a spell. WC is very common so it is important to know, yes.
I'm trying to figure out some easy-to pronounce replacement for "zmrzlina", but haven't been able so far... Fortunately, no one really orders generic "zmrzlina", most people do with its particular sorts like "chocolate", "vanilla" etc and the number of scoops. For instance "jeden krát vanilka, jeden krát čokoláda..." - this would be the minimalistic working phrase, with no declensions needed whatsoever.
Surprisingly enough, zmrzlina wasn't too difficult for me to pronounce when I first learned that word, though I can see how the cluster of consonants could make it difficult. For me, I still have trouble pronouncing Thursday...štvrtok..but using the word "krát" helps keep these types of phrases simple, thank you!
@@nicksterba as for "Štvrtok", as a interim solution I would recommend leaving out the "v", thus making "Štrtok" out of it - not correct, but still unambiguously comprehensible.
for mineral water, you should ask for a Salvatorka, like a true communist geezer lol
Interesting, I haven't seen this brand before. Salvatorka must be the beverage for comrades!