Grammar reference
Present tense
prítomný čas
Present-tense endings show who performs an action.
Core rule
What changes
Present-tense endings show who performs an action, so Slovak often omits the subject pronoun.
Memorize common verbs as a complete pattern instead of translating one ending at a time.
Pattern
Čítať — to read
- ja čítam
- ty čítaš
- on / ona číta
- my čítame
- vy čítate
- oni / ony čítajú
See it in use
Examples
- Rozumiem. I understand.
- Hovoríte po slovensky? Do you speak Slovak?
- Čítam knihu. I am reading a book. What this shows: The ending -m shows that I am the person reading. Practice this
Source
Reference
Jazykovedný ústav Ľudovíta Štúra SAV ↗Full attribution on References.