Travel and transportation related words in Slovak

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Excited about the holidays? Don´t forget your passport and this Slovak vocabulary of travel, tourism and transportation!

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1.Transportation in Slovak
2.Summer holiday vocabulary
3.Hotel related words in Slovak
4.Slovak tourist attractions
5.Example dialog
6.Exercises
6.1.Exercise about the dialog and the words at the airport
6.2.Exercise on transportation
6.3.Fill in the blanks exercise on summer holiday vocabulary
6.4.Exercise on hotel vocabulary

Transportation in Slovak

Whether you are going on an exciting road trip or catching the plane, this list will come in handy:

English	Slovak
a transportation	doprava
a departure	odchod
an arrival	príchod
a car	auto
a motorway, a highway	diaľnica
a highway ticket	diaľničná známka
a petrol	benzín
a petrol station, a gas station	pumpa
the brakes	brzdy
a bus	autobus
a ride	jazda
a hitchhiker	stopár
a flight	let
a plane	lietadlo
a luggage / a baggage	batožina
a baggage claim	batožinový pás
a baggage coach	batožinový vozík
a van	kamión
a kilometre	kilometer
a motorbike	motorka
a wheel	koleso
a train	vlak
a traffic jam	dopravná zápcha
a tram	električka
a metro	metro
a cab	taxi
a wagon	vagón
a ticket	lístok
a ticket office	predajňa lístkov

Example sentences:

Auto má štyri kolesá. = A car has four wheels.
Moja sestra ide autobusom. = My sister is taking the bus.
Jazdiť na motorke je nebezpečné. = Riding the motorbike is dangerous.
O koľkej príde autobus? = At what time does the bus arrive?
O koľkej odchádza autobus? = At what time does the bus leave?
Kde nájdem autobusovú stanicu? = Where I can find the bus station?
Koľko stojí lístok? = How much is the ticket?
Kde je predajňa lístkov? = Where is the ticket office?
Ako sa dostanem na letisko? = How do I get to the airport?
Ideme autom. = We are driving by car.

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Summer holiday vocabulary

Even though we dont have the sea in Slovakia, we have many lakes and the sun in the summer is pretty strong too!

English	Slovak
a holiday, a vacation	prázdniny, dovolenka
a passport	pas
a map	mapa
a backpack	ruksak
a trip	výlet
to visit	navštíviť
a cruise	plavba
a beach	pláž
a sand	piesok
a stone	kameň
a sea	more
a lake	jazero
a parasol	slnečník
a sun burn	spálenie
a sun cream	opaľovací krém
to get tanned	opáliť sa
a massage	masáž
a pool	bazén

Hotel related words in Slovak

Staying at the hotel can be a wonderful experience. Or a total disappointement! Learn this hotel vocabulary to solve any problems:

English	Slovak
a reservation	rezervácia
a hotel	hotel
a hostel	hostel
a pension	penzión
a resort	rezort
a problem, an issue	problém
a double room	izba pre dvoch
a single room	izba pre jedného
a shared room	zdieľaná izba
a room key	kľúč od izby
a check-in	check-in, nástup
a check-out	check-out, odchod
a heating	kúrenie
an aircondition	klimatizácia
an internet	internet
a sea-view	výhľad na more
a balcony	balkón
a shower	sprcha
a toilet	záchod
a towel	uterák
big / small	veľký / malý
slow / fast	pomalý / rýchly
big / small	veľký / malý
noisy / quiet	hlučný / tichý
to repair	opraviť
to clean	upratať
a housekeeper	upratovačka
Do not disturb!	Nevyrušovať!

Examples:

Je ešte izba voľná? = Is there still a room availible?
Máte izbu číslo sto. = You have the room number one hundred.
O koľkej je check-in? = At what time is the check-in?
O koľkej je check-out? = At what time is the check-out?

Slovak tourist attractions

Slovakia is famous for its beautiful nature, snowy mountains, majestic castles, wine regions and metropolitan Bratislava.

English	Slovak
to visit	navštíviť
the capital Bratislava	hlavné mesto Bratislava
the river Danube	rieka Dunaj
the Tatra mountains	Tatry hory
the national park Slovak Paradise	národný park Slovenský Raj
the palace Bojnice	Bojnický zámok
the Bratislava castle	Bratislavský hrad
the bridge Apollo	most Apollo
the Dobšinská ice cave	Dobšinská ľadová jaskyňa
the church of Saint Martin	kostol svätého Martina
the Carpathian wine route	Karpatská vínna cesta
the thermal springs Piešťany	termálne pramene Piešťany
the aquapark Bešeňová	akvapark Bešeňová

Example dialog

Let´s sum up this lesson with the dialog from real life.

Majka: Chcela by som ísť niekam na prázdniny. Čo by si mi odporučil? (I would like to go somewhere for the vacation. What would you recommend me?)

Karol: Preferuješ more alebo prírodu a lesy? Chceš ísť autom, alebo lietadlom? (Do you prefer the sea or the nature and forests? Do you want to go by car or by plane?)

Majka: Autom. Budem stopárka. Milujem prírodu a hory. (By car. I will be a hitchhiker. I love the nature and the mountains.)

Karol: Odporúčam ti navštíviť Slovensko. Musíš navštíviť Dobšinskú ľadovú jaskyňu, Tatry hory a národný par Slovenký Raj. (I recommend you to visit Slovakia. You have to visit the Dobšinská ice cave, the Tatry mountains and the national park Slovenský Raj.)

Majka: Wow! to znie výborne. A nejaké mestá? (Wow! That sounds great! And some cities?)

Karol: Choď do hlavného mesta, Braislava. Odtiaľ môžeš ísť vlakom do Viedne. Je to hodinu ďaľeko. Alebo choď na plavbu po rieke Dunaj. Je to dobrý výlet. (Go to the capital, Bratislava. From there you can go by train to Vienna. It is one hour far. Or go to the cruise on the river Danube. It is a good trip.)

Majka: Skvelé. Vieš mi odporučiť nejaký lacný a dobrý hotel? (Great! Can yo recommend me some cheap and good hotel?)

Karol: Áno. Hotel Blue pri jazere Kuchajda, nie ďaľeko od centra. Majú rýchly internet, čisté sprchy a malý balkón. (Yes. Hotel Blue next to the lake Kuchajda, not far from the city centre. They have fast internet, clean showers and small balcony.)