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This is a list of verbs in the past tense in Slovak. First let's start with the raw format before conjugating the verbs to the past form. Make sure to compare this table and the one below it.
| To see: vidieť |
| To write: písať |
| To love: milovať |
| To give: dať |
| To play: hrať |
| To read: čítať |
| To understand: rozumieť, pochopiť |
| To have: mať |
| To know: vedieť |
| To learn: učiť sa, naučiť sa |
| To think: myslieť, premýšľať |
| To work: pracovať |
| To speak: hovoriť, rozprávať |
| To drive: jazdiť |
| To smile: smiať sa, usmievať sa |
| To find: zistiť / objaviť / uznať / vyhľadať |
These samples show how the verbs above are conjugated in the past tense in a sentence which includes all the object pronouns (I, you, she...).
| I saw you: Videl (videla) som ťa |
| I wrote with a pen: Písal (pisala) som perom |
| You loved apples: Mal (mala) si rád (rada) jablká |
| You gave money: Dal (dala) si peniaze |
| You played tennis: Hral (hrala) si tenis |
| He read (past) a book: Čítal knihu |
| He understood me: Rozumel mi |
| She had a cat: Mala mačku |
| She knew my friend: Poznala mȏjho priateľa |
| We wanted to learn: Chceli sme sa učiť |
| We thought Spanish is easy: Mysleli sme si že je španielčina ľahká |
| You (plural) worked here: Vy ste tu pracovali |
| You (plural) spoke French: Vy ste hovorili po francúzky |
| They drove a car: Riadili auto |
| They smiled: Smiali sa |
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