How do you say today’s date in Slovak? In this episode of Slovak Sound Check, Veronika and Lubna open the calendar and guide you through days, weeks, months, and years — all the way to forming full dates in Slovak.
Vocabulary
kalendár = calendar
dátum = date
Aký je dnes dátum? = What’s the date today?
Je druhý február. = It’s the second of February.
Je druhého februára. = It’s the second of February (genitive form).
Je druhého druhý. = (literally) It’s the second of the second (month).
Je pätnásty marec. = It’s the fifteenth of March.
Je pätnásteho marca. = It’s the fifteenth of March (genitive form).
Je pätnásteho tretí. = (literally) It’s the fifteenth of the third (month).
Je dvadsiaty šiesty január = It’s the twenty-sixth of January.
Je dvadsiateho šiesteho januára = It’s the twenty-sixth of January (genitive form).
Je dvadsiateho šiesteho prvý = (literally) It’s the twenty-sixth of the first (month).
dvetisíc dvadsaťšesť = 2026
Recap
deň = day
týždeň = week
mesiac = month
rok = year
január = January
február = February
marec = March
Note 1: To answer the question “Aký je dnes dátum?” (What’s the date today?), Slovak offers several correct options. The simplest and safest one — and absolutely enough for everyday use — is: “Je druhý február”(It’s the second of February). Here, the verb “je” (is) is in the 3rd person singular, and both the ordinal number (day) and the month stay in the nominative case. Very often, however, Slovaks use a genitive construction: “Je druhého februára”.In this version, both the day and the month are in the genitive case. And there’s also a third, very Slovak option — using ordinal numbers for both the day and the month: “Je druhého druhý” (literally: It’s the second of the second (month)).Here, the day is in the genitive, while the month number stays in the nominative. It may sound unusual at first, but you’ll definitely hear it in real life.
Note 2: When using the genitive version of dates — especially with compound ordinal numbers like 26th, 31st, etc. — it’s important to remember that both parts of the ordinal number must change their form. For example: “dvadsiaty šiesty” (twenty-sixth) becomes “dvadsiateho šiesteho” in the genitive. So the full date sounds like: “Je dvadsiateho šiesteho januára” (It’s the 26th of January).
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