Italian talking in Slovak | Why is SLOVAK LANGUAGE so difficult to learn? 🇸🇰

I'm talking in SLOVAK language for the first time, I give some info on this beautiful language and explain why Slovak language is so difficult for foreigners to learn. Write in the comments what you think about my Slovak :)
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0:00 intro
0:49 Slovak language
1:06 can all Slavic speakers understand Slovak?
1:57 how I learnt Slovak
3:20 me speaking Slovak language
8:03 why is Slovak language so difficult & my level
11:42 outro

[palmacate]

What is the most difficult thing, in your opinion, in Slovak language? (Any word, tongue twister, grammar rule, sound, etc.)! 🤯

Čo je podľa vas na slovenskom jazyku najťažšie? (Akékoľvek slovo, jazykolamy, gramatické pravidlo, zvuk atď.)! 🤯

[PeterSlovak]

For me is a hero every nonslavic person learning or speaking Slovakian.

[unknownl]

As a native speaker, we really apprieciate that you try and are not afraid, it actually means a lot for us when someones tries to learn a bit of Slovak😇 talking from my own experience..

[Tomino]

I think Slovaks are quite appreciative of anyone who even tries to speak Slovak, it doesnt really matter if your sentence structure is off, accent is on wrong words etc. English and especially French are very unforgiving if you butcher the language unlike Slovaks.

[rafalkaminski]

As a Polish i find slovak quite comprehensible, more even than Czech. When i AM n slovakia i speak polish and slovaks speak slovak. And we understand each other.

[abdullaabakarov]

I've learned Slovak in 9 months up to B2 in an intensive course (4-5 hours during business days). My home language is Russian, so I had it simpler. Moreover, I've learned Ukrainian before, so that was another boost, since Ukrainian covers some other areas with its lexicon, which differ between Slovak and Russian. However, it's still completely another way of formulating yourself, the grammar differs noticeably (well, mainly in reflexive verbs) and one must go though the complications and spaghettification of the tongue, before it starts to obey the language rules and customs.

Anyway, one of the best decisions in my life, a great stepping stone towards other west-Slavic languages (Czech, of course, but also Polish, Slovene, Serbian), since they all have much in common in the grammar (e.g. the very same reflexive verbs). It has very beautiful pronunciation, very clear, very sharp, and personally I prefer it to Czech (my apologies, but that's totally subjective opinion).

I have a tip for you to improve the pronunciation and get closer to the fluent level. Just read aloud at least 30-40 minutes, with no hurry, with proper intonation, as if you recording an audiobook for the sake of humanity, and do it regularly and sufficiently often (every day would be perfect). The heavens should be praised, since Slovak has relatively very simple pronunciation rules: the stress is always on the first syllable, and you pronounce what is written, so you can start reading at pro level very quickly. Yes, you'll have to work intensively with dictionaries to comprehend the text, but even that could be left for a while, the simple rules allow you to read at pro level without understanding. In that sense you don't need to refer to dictionaries to merely check out the correct stresses, as it is with Russian, Ukrainian, English and so on.

That's how I read for the first time Dune (although my teacher was a bit surprised with the translation, but anyway). That particular action will help you to stop confusing the words with ones from Russian.

Secondly, don't deny yourself the pleasure of chit-chatting in a speaking club. If I hadn't offered my class to have a call every week, I'd have had it much harder to keep the (l)earned results in the head (but still manageable, especially if you read). And I still need them, since I will not be in Slovakia at least for a year (and no guarantee, that I will be there, all those visas and all). Just tell about your day, what you ate, whom you met, where you've been, what do you think of EPR paradox and the perspectives of merging quantum mechanics with the gravitation etc. Take the advice of General Brannigan from Futurama, "Say as much as you can, as fast as you can" (fastness will come with time).

[marekcudzis-zstf]

Ty si prvá Talianka ktorú som.mal možnosť vidieť tu na YouTube, ktorá hovorí aj po Slovensky . Klobúk dole len tak ďalej. Sei la prima donna italiana che ho avuto l'opportunità di vedere qui su YouTube che parla anche slovacco.

[Zeru.]

Thank you for using the correct adjective - Slovak.
I hate when people say "Slovakian".
PS: Your Slovak is awesome!

[lenkavesela]

Thank you for the video, it's very interesting and somehow beautiful to know that a foreigner is learning our language ❤
It's damn hard to learn and honestly yes, a lot of Slovak people have problems with grammar even though they are natives 😃
Do not hesitate to speak Slovak in public, you don't have to be 100% correct with grammar but I'm sure your effort will always be appreciated 😊

[modernyobyvatel]

Hi, good job with learning slovak language. First of all, the fact its so unique that foreigner learn to speak just slovakian and second of all, you speak really well. Hats down. You have got my admiration. 👍❤️🤝💪😉

[miooxavier]

Súhlasím. Slovenčina naozaj stojí uprostred slovanských jazykov. Nielen geograficky. Držím palce v ďalšej tvorbe.

[EtchaWandah]

Wow nice, you sound awesome! Funny, all Italians I talked to who tried to pronounce Slovak always got it right. And even English with Italian accent sometimes sounds like when a Slovak speaks English. Sounds are similar, the “hard” Rs and Ts I guess.

[Bzuco]

It is always amazing to hear someone from foreign country speak our language. When I'm listening to you right now, I realize how difficult our Slovak language is. As we are relatively small country and our language is also specific, we are aware that foreign people have trouble to speak and maybe also to understand us, so we have no problem to speak slowly and understand any amount of imperfection in your speach.
We Slovak people are forced to learn other languages, from obvious reasons, or at least english only, which makes the most sense and I wish all people around the world to learn English on the first place, so we finally can communicate all together globally.
...so of course I wish you the quickest progress in Slovak language skills, but don't overdo it too much, time is rare and can be spent to other activities 😊

[peterk]

Si super :-) Len tak dalej, ide ti to skvele, s gramatikou sa netrap, s tou maju problem aj rodaci, pri tebe sa dokonca naucim aj po anglicky lebo ti v pohode rozumiem :-)

[milankowww]

Thank you for a nice video about my language. At 5:05 you're mentioning formal/informal language. Fun fact, some time ago we even had a third level of formality in the language, following three steps of distancing. Odkiaľ si (informal, where are you-singular from, or very literally where "is you" from), odkiaľ ste (formal, where are you-plural from), odkiaľ sú (very formal, where are they from). The third form is still understood today, just feels awkward unless in a movie about royalty. You usually use it for mock respect like when your friend achieves something huge.

[ertaloveday]

I love your accent… it’s so interesting that you sometimes sound like Hungarian 🇭🇺 I mean the accent, especially your E-s. Fantastic. Otherwise your slovak is pefect 🌺Congratulations- BlahožElam ti a pozdravujem ťa z Londýna ❤🎉

[Martinela]

Takmer čistá výslovnosť, pokračujte ❤ a niečo na tom esperante bude, že dosť rozumieme slovanským jazykom 😊

[XeZrunner]

As someone born and living in Slovakia, yet not mainly speaking Slovak, I also would agree that out of the Slavic languages, Slovak is the only one that seems to have the least complicated "character", making it the easiest to understand if you already speak another slavic language.
Others make more use out of the specialized letters and harder-to-pronounce words (such as Polish or some Czech words), while Slovak generally keeps it minimal and familiar.

[mariannamary]

Cate, som unesená. Krásne vyslovuješ slovenské slová. To je taká česť pre nás keď sa niekto chce učiť náš jazyk, lebo náš národ naozaj musel v minulosti bojovať o svoje miesto na mape aj o svoj jazyk. Je to krásne a keď budeš vyslovovať H aj Ch písmeno máš už dvere dokorán otvorené ku všetkým slovanským jazykom. Ide ti to skvele! 💗

[Machdyz]

As a person born in Slovakia i think you have really nice pronunciacion, well done! And yes even we do grammar mistakes while speaking or writing so dont worry about it. Very much appreciated that you put a lot of effort to learn the language.