Colours in Slovak

In this lesson you will learn the names of basic colours, you will find out how to name the Slovak flag colours and how to say the different colours of the hair too.

Here are some useful words and phrases needed for this lesson:

How to say the colours in Slovak

In Slovak language, you can create variations of adjectives according to the gender of the noun. There are 3 genders:

• "mužský rod" or masculine gender, typically with an affix "-ý" (hned-ý = brown)
• "ženský rod"  or feminine gender, typically with an affix "-á" (žlt-á = yellow)
• "stredný rod" or neutral gender, typically with an affix "-é" (zelen-é = green)

Let's have a look at the list of colours:

English	Slovak - masculine
yellow	žltý
orange	oranžový
pink	ružový
red	červený
blue	modrý
purple / violet	fialový
green	zelený
grey	sivý
brown	hnedý
black	čierny
white	biely
silver	strieborný
gold	zlatý
turquoise	tyrkysový
beige	béžový

Note that in "biely" and "čierny" the affix is short "-y" instead of "-ý". This applies also to feminine and neutral gender and Plural. (biel-a, not biel-á and biel-e, not biel-é).

When creating Plural of the adjective, simply change the affix "-ý" for "-é" (sivý slon, siv-é slony = grey elephant, grey elephants)

Examples:

• biely dom (m.) = white house
• zelená farba (f.) = green colour
• modré nebo (n.) = blue sky
• žlté banány (Pl.) = yellow bananas

When you want to ask a person what is their favourite colour or to say yours, you will need this:

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The colours of the Slovak flag

The Slovak flag consists of 3 colours.

The 3 colours are: "biela, modrá, červená".

• You need to know! The white double cross inside signifies the christian faith of Slovaks and the blue part represents 3 famous Slovak hills- Tatra, Matra, Fatra.

Shades of colours

When talking about colours, there are different shades which can be expressed by adding proverbs in front of the adjectives.

Examples:

• svetlo modrá = light blue
• tmavo modrá = dark blue
• svetlo zelená = light green
• tmavo zelená = dark green

How to say hair colours in Slovak?

"čierne vlasy"= black hair

"Ona má čierne vlasy." = She has black hair.


 

"hnedé vlasy"= brown hair

"Ona má hnedé vlasy." = She has brown hair.




"blond vlasy"= blonde hair

"Ona má blond vlasy."= She has blonde hair.

"sivé vlasy"= grey hair

"Ona má sivé vlasy." = She has grey hair.

Practice what you learned! There are exercises prepared for you to practice  the vocabulary!