Cases in Slovak

💡 In Slovak there are six cases: nominative, genitive, dative, accusative, locative and instrumental.

The nominative case answers the question “who/ what?”.

💬 Examples: nominative
Eva je doma. ‒ Eva is at home.
Dom je veľký. ‒ The house is large.

The genitive answers the question “whose?”
💬 Examples: genitive
Evin otec je učiteľ. ‒ Eva's father is a teacher.
Otcova škola je veľká. ‒ Father's school is big.

The dative answers to the question “whom?”
💬 Examples: dative
Otec dáva Eve peniaze. ‒ Father gives Eva money.
Eva pomáha mame pri práci. ‒ Eva helps her mother at work.

The accusative answers the question “whom/ what?”.
💬 Examples: accusative
Vidím Evu. ‒ I see Eva.
Žiak sa pýta učiteľa. ‒ The pupil asks the teacher.

The locative designates a place and always comes together with a preposition.
This case answers the question “where/ about what?”.
💬 Examples: locative
Sme v kaviarni. ‒ We are in the cafe.
Hovoríme o Eve. ‒ We are talking about Eva.

The instrumental determines a remedy and answers the question “by which/ through which/ with whom/ with what?”.
💬 Examples: instrumental
On príde s Evou. ‒ He comes with Eva.
On príde autom. ‒ He's coming by car.

➠ Declension of masculine nouns