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Slovak Dictionaries

Slovak Dictionaries

от Andrea OLS Community Manager -
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Hello to the community,


Working with dictionaries is an integral part of learning or working with a language. Most people use mainly translation dictionaries but there are also other type of dictionaries that can be of great help, such as monolingual, thesaurus or collocations dictionaries.


The best Slovak monolingual dictionary is available online and can help you with everything from definition, spelling, declension, conjugation to offering similar words or example sentences. 


https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk/


What dictionaries do you use the most?


Andrea, OLS Community Manager – Slovak


In reply to Andrea OLS Community Manager

Re: Slovak dictionaries

от Andrea OLS Community Manager -

Declension, declension! It is definitely one of the most difficult things to master in Slovak. Nouns in Slovak change their forms to reflect various grammatical features, including case, number, and gender. The different forms that nouns take are called declensions. There are six cases in Slovak: 1. nominative, 2. genitive, 3. dative, 4. accusative, 6. locative and 7. instrumental. You might have noticed that 5th is omitted because this case is very rarely used. However, traditionally it is still considered to be the 5th case.


If you are not sure if you do the noun declension correctly, you can check it in the dictionary.

https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk/


screenshot from https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk/ declension of word "spolubývajúca"
Source: JULS


The system of noun declension in Slovak can be challenging for learners, but it's an essential aspect of the language's grammar. It allows for precise communication and clarity in expressing relationships between different elements in a sentence.


You can get introduced to declension in My Slovak Course A1


Remember, learning this takes time, don’t get discouraged if you don’t always get it right


Good luck,

Andrea, OLS Community Manager – Slovak

In reply to Andrea OLS Community Manager

Re: Slovak dictionaries

от Andrea OLS Community Manager -

Ahoj, komunita!


We've written a blog post about different types of dictionaries and how they can help you on your language learning journey. You can read it here:


BLOG: World of Dictionaries

Four piles of books
Source: Unsplash

But we would love to hear your insights too. What are your favorite linguistic companions, your go-to dictionaries that can always help you?


Happy reading, and we're looking forward to checking your dictionary recommendations!


Andrea, OLS Community Manager – Slovak