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Ahoj, 

Slovak and Czech languages are very close and are mutually intelligible. Slovaks and Czechs can understand each other when conversing in their respective languages. Fascinating, huh? You can read more on why their relationship is so special in this article.

But right now, let’s test your language recognition skills. Think you can tell Slovak from Czech? Let’s see how you do in our little quiz!

# 1 Camel in Slovak is:

a) Velbloud

b) Ťava

# 2 February in Slovak is:

a) Február

b) Únor

# 3 Butcher in Slovak is:

a) Mäsiar

b) Řezník

# 4 Table in Slovak is:

a) Stůl

b) Stôl

# 5 Kitchen in Slovak is:

a) Kuchyňa

b) Kuchyně

Answers:

# 1 b) Ťava

# 2 a) Február (note: Slovak months names are based on the Latin names, Czech months names are not based on the Latin names)

# 3 a) Mäsiar (Slovak language doesn’t have a letter ř and Czech language doesn’t have letter ä)

# 4 b) Stôl (in Slovak, letter ô is used while in Czech, it is ů)

# 5 a) Kuchyňa (Slovak language doesn’t have a letter ě)

How well did you do? Have you mastered the differences between the two languages or was the quiz too difficult? Feel free to share your score with the rest of the community.

Pekný deň! Hezký den!