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== Diphthongs ==
{| class="wikitable"
!Letter
!Sound
!Example in Slovak word
!Example
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|IA ia
|/ia/
|p'''<u>ia</u>'''tok ''(friday)''
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|IE ie
|/iε/
|n'''<u>ie</u>''' ''(no)''
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|IU iu
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|menš'''<u>iu</u>'''
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|Ô ô
|/uo/
|k'''<u>ô</u>'''ň ''(horse)''
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== Diacritics ==
'''acute''' - á, é, í, ĺ, ó, ŕ, ú, ý
'''caron''' - č, ď, ľ, ň, š, ť, ž
'''umlaut''' - ä
'''circumflex''' - ô
== Accent ==
Slovak words have accent mostly on the first syllable of the word ('''slo'''venský '''ja'''zyk). Acute does not indicate accent. Acutes indicate long sound (twice as long as the short sound).
== Soft pronunciation of de, te, ne, le, di, ti, ni, li ==
Consonants '''d, t, n, l''' in combination with vowels '''e, i''' should have a soft pronunciation ''(like <u>ďe, ťe, ňe, ľe, ďi, ťi, ňi, ľi)</u>''. Although most people often break the rule and do not pronounce '''le''', '''li''' softly.
The rule of soft pronunciation does not apply to the words of foreign origin.

Revision as of 16:00, 27 December 2016

Monophthongs

Letter Sound Example in Slovak word Example
A a /ʌ/ abeceda (alphabet) sun
Á á /ɑː/ áno (yes) far
Ä ä /ε/, /æ/ päť (five) cat
B b /b/ brat (brother) break
C c /ts/ cibuľa (onion) tsunami
Č č /tʃ/ čučoriedka (blueberry) match
D d /d/ dom (house) do
Ď ď /ɟ/ ďakujem (thank you) -
Dz dz /dz/ medzi (between) -
Dž dž /dʒ/ džem (jam) jam
E e /ε/ egreš (gooseberry) dress
É é /εː/ anténa (antenna) -
F f /f/ farba (colour) face
G g /g/ gaštan (chestnut) grow
H h /h/ hokej (hockey) high
Ch ch /x/ chorý (ill) -
I i /ɪ/ ihla (needle, pin) city
Í í /iː/ zívnuť (yawn) tree
J j /j/ jablko (apple) yes
K k /k/ krava (cow) call
L l /l/ láska (love) let
Ľ ľ /ʎ/ ľalia (lilly) similar to Spanish ll
Ĺ ĺ /lː/ stĺp (column) -
M m /m/ muž (man) man
N n /n/ noha (leg) name
Ň ň /ɲ/ dlaň (palm) similar to Spanish ñ
O o /ɒ/ opica (monkey) body
Ó ó /ɔː/ telefón (telephone) door
P p /p/ pes (dog) put
Q q /kv/ aqua sequence
R r /r/ ružová (pink) read
Ŕ ŕ /rː/ vŕba (willow) -
S s /s/ sliepka (hen) sad
Š š /ʃ/ šunka (ham) shoe
T t /t/ tuniak (tuna) take
Ť ť /c/ ťava (camel) -
U u /ʊ/ ujo (uncle) foot
Ú ú /uː/ ústa (mouth) choose
V v /v/ vlajka (flag) voice
W w /v/ kiwi voice
X x /ks/ taxi taxi
Y y /ɪ/ syr (cheese) city
Ý ý /iː/ skrývať (hide) tree
Z z /z/ zebra zero
Ž ž /ʒ/ žaluď (acorn) vision

Diphthongs

Letter Sound Example in Slovak word Example
IA ia /ia/ piatok (friday)
IE ie /iε/ nie (no)
IU iu /iu/ menšiu
Ô ô /uo/ kôň (horse)

Diacritics

acute - á, é, í, ĺ, ó, ŕ, ú, ý

caron - č, ď, ľ, ň, š, ť, ž

umlaut - ä

circumflex - ô

Accent

Slovak words have accent mostly on the first syllable of the word (slovenský jazyk). Acute does not indicate accent. Acutes indicate long sound (twice as long as the short sound).

Soft pronunciation of de, te, ne, le, di, ti, ni, li

Consonants d, t, n, l in combination with vowels e, i should have a soft pronunciation (like ďe, ťe, ňe, ľe, ďi, ťi, ňi, ľi). Although most people often break the rule and do not pronounce le, li softly.

The rule of soft pronunciation does not apply to the words of foreign origin.

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