Samohlásky a Diftongy - Vowels and Diphthongs (Grammar lesson)

Question 1

What is a vowel?

Answer 1

Vowels are letters that represent speech sounds where air leaves the mouth without any blockage by the tongue, lips or throat.

Question 2

Slovak Vowels are

Answer 2

a, á, ä, e, é, i, í, o, ó, u, ú, y, ý

Rare - l, ĺ, r, ŕ may occasionally be used in words as vowels

Question 3

Short vowels

Answer 3

a, ä, e, i, o, u, y

Rare - Occasionally l or r

Question 4

Long vowels

Answer 4

á, é, í, ó, ú, ý

Rare - Occasionally ĺ or ŕ

Question 5

What is a diphthong?

Answer 5

A sound formed by the combination of two vowels into a single syllable, in which the sound begins as one vowel and moves towards another.

Question 6

Slovak diphthongs are

Answer 6

ia, ie, iu, ô