Interrogative and relative pronouns in Slovak
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Sign up for freeInterrogative and relative pronouns may look the same at the first sight. The visible difference is that we write question mark together with interrogative pronouns and comma in front of relative pronouns. Let's have a look at the most used ones.
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HideInterrogative pronouns
These pronouns are used with questions marks and we require an answer for those. Here is the list with the most used interrogative pronouns:
| Slovak | English |
|---|---|
| kto? | who? |
| čo? | what? |
| aký? | what? (nice, polite, green...) |
| ktorý? | which one? (that one...) |
| kde? | where? |
| kedy? | when? |
| prečo? | why? |
| ako? | how? |
| koľký? | which one (in order)? (first one...) |
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Case questions WHO, WHAT
These pronouns are used in declension. We also call them "Case questions"!
| Case | Slovak | English |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | kto? | čo? |
| Genitive | koho? | čoho? |
| Dative | komu? | čomu? |
| Accusative | koho? | čo? |
| Locative | kom? | čom? |
| Instrumental | kým? | čím? |
Relative pronouns
The relative pronouns are the same as interrogative pronouns. The difference is we write commas in front of them.
They are used in complex sentences:
- I will go to the lake where we first met. = Pôjdem k tomu jazeru, kde sme sa prvýkrát stretli.
- She is the one who told me about it. = To je ona, kto mi to povedala.
- I like the things which are useful. = Mám rád veci, ktoré sú užitočné.
We always write a comma in front of them.