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Vowels
Each letter in Slovak alphabet has a distinct sound. Slovak has five short vowels ( a, e, i, o ,u ) and five long corresponding to these (á, é, í, ó, ú ). Letters y, ý are only orthographic variants of i, í as well as ä, which is in modern Slovak sounds as e. I tis very important to distinguish between short and lomg vowels distincly, because they may present different phonemes. E. g ( a small flag ) zástavka, zastávka ( a stop), zlé (bad), zle (badly). The long ó is found only in adopted or foreign words.
Letter Approximate Pronunciation in English Slovak examples
A a as in but na, ak sa, ma
Á a as in father mám, dám, vám
E e as a set zase, veda, dve
É e as in bed, but longer samé, malé, aké
I y as in body iba, iná, milá
Í ee as in street musí, samí, patrí
O o as in odd dom, tamto, toto
Ó o as in saw filológ, móda
U u as in put ruka, urob, spolu
Ú oo as in choose lúka, úloha, ústa
Y y as in body vysoko, kvety, akoby
Ý ee as in street zlý, býva, vysoký
Ä e as in leg najmä, mäso, päta
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