2. Our National Day – what does it mean?
The date of our national day is
the 1st of January.
The Slovak Republic was founded on 1st January 1993.
Slovakia was an integral part of Czechoslovakia before,
now we are 2 separate countries.
Our first Slovak president was Michal Kováč.
4. People here usually go to fire the fireworks, because
we also celebrate the New Year the 1st of January, of
course. They do nothing special in the afternoon or in
the evening, because a night before they celebrated
NewYears´s Eve.
I usually stay home with my family at midnight and we
look through the window to see fireworks.
We don´t go to school or to work on the 1st of January,
because we are on Xmas holidays (they normally last till
the 7th of January).
Our National Day – what do people do?
6. Comparing Bratislava and London:
BRATISLAVA
425 923 people live in
Bratislava
Bratislava has area of 367 km²
LONDON
8 598 777 people live in London
London has area of 1 579 km²
7.
8. Our official language
•Slovak language
(Slovenčina) is
our official language.
Slovak Anthem
Link to ourAnthem
https://youtu.be/BmJqbv-XaxE
9. Try to translate these
Slovak sentences and words:
• Dobrý deň!
• Ako sa máš?
• Ešte sa uvidíme.
• Aké je tvoje telefóne číslo?
• Pôjdeš dnes vonku?
• Jablko
• Sladkosti
• Kostol
• Dedina
• Počítač
10. Have you done it well?
Here they are:
• Good morning! (deň=day)
• How are u?
• See you soon.
• What's your phone number?
• Will you go out today?
(it´s used when you want to meet and
catch up with your friend)
• Apple
• Sweets
• Church
• Village
• Computer
11. Slovak flag and
National Symbol
On the left side you can
see our flag and on the
right side there is our
National Symbol.
In the symbol we can see a
double cross on the top of
the 3 mountains (MATRA,
FATRA, TATRA) and the
red sky.
12. 17th of November – why it is so important?
•On 17th of November we remember the end of socialism.
•We call it Nežná Revolúcia or Sametová Revolúcia = Welvet
Revolution, because there were no war (fortunately). It was
in 1989.
•On 17 of November , Slovak and Czech students met in
Prague to the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the death
of Jan Opletal and the closing
of Czech universities in 1939 by Nazi Germany.
13. •In Slovakia, this day is a BANK HOLIDAY, so we
don´t go to school (or our parents to work) on 17th
of November.
•On 17th of November I usually stay at home with my
family or I catch up with my friends.
•There are some documentaries onTV
about those important evenements.
17th of November – what do people do?
