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Lesson 6 of 10
Cafe and restaurant in Slovak
A table, the menu, what you cannot eat, and a compliment to the kitchen. Play the ten Slovak words against the clock, with a note on how locals really use each one after every answer. All ten are written out below.
All 10 Slovak phrases in this lesson
- Stôl pre dvochstohl preh dvokh
- A table for two
- Jedálny lístok, prosímyeh-DAHL-nih LEES-tok, PROH-seem
- The menu, please
- Čo odporúčate?choh OT-poh-roo-chah-teh
- What do you recommend?
- Nejem...NEH-yem
- I don't eat...
- Som alergický na...som AH-ler-gits-kee nah
- I'm allergic to...
- MäsoMEH-soh
- Meat
- Kuracie mäsoKOO-rah-tsyeh MEH-soh
- Chicken
- RybaRIH-bah
- Fish
- Je to výbornéyeh toh VEE-bor-neh
- It's delicious
- Na zdravie!nah ZDRAH-vyeh
- Cheers
The ô is a rounded back vowel unique to Slovak. Use this when entering a restaurant.
Jedálny lístok literally means eating list. Some restaurants have an English menu on request.
A woman says alergická.
Paying this compliment to your host or chef is always appreciated in Slovak culture.
Literally means to health. Eye contact is expected when clinking glasses in Slovakia.