6 Slovak reading texts for B1, with translation

Po mesiaci hľadania našla Mariia dvojizbový byt na sídlisku.
After a month of searching, Mariia found a two-room flat in a housing estate.

Nájom bol štyristo eur mesačne plus energie.
The rent was four hundred euros a month plus utilities.

Majiteľ chcel dva nájmy ako kauciu, čo je bežné.
The owner wanted two months’ rent as a deposit, which is normal.

Mariia si zmluvu prečítala doma, v pokoji a pomaly.
Mariia read the contract at home, calmly and slowly.

Nerozumela dvom vetám, tak si ich preložila slovo po slove.
She did not understand two sentences, so she translated them word by word.

Pri odovzdaní kľúčov spísali stav meračov a urobili fotky.
When the keys were handed over they recorded the meter readings and took photos.

Bez tohto zápisu by neskôr nikto nevedel, kto čo spotreboval.
Without that record nobody would later know who had used what.

Prvú noc spala Mariia zle, ale ráno si uvarila kávu vo vlastnej kuchyni.
Mariia slept badly the first night, but in the morning she made coffee in her own kitchen.

Kolegovia z práce pozvali Dmytra na výlet do Vysokých Tatier.
His workmates invited Dmytro on a trip to the High Tatras.

Vstávali o piatej, lebo v horách sa počasie mení rýchlo.
They got up at five, because the weather in the mountains changes quickly.

Cestou hore všetci hovorili po slovensky a Dmytro najprv iba počúval.
On the way up everyone spoke Slovak and at first Dmytro only listened.

Postupne začal rozumieť vtipom, aj keď nie všetkým.
Gradually he started to understand the jokes, though not all of them.

Na vrchole bola hmla a nebolo vidieť takmer nič.
At the summit there was fog and you could see almost nothing.

Napriek tomu si sadli, rozbalili chlieb so syrom a smiali sa.
All the same they sat down, unpacked bread and cheese and laughed.

Cestou dole Dmytro po prvý raz rozprával dlhší príbeh po slovensky.
On the way down Dmytro told a longer story in Slovak for the first time.

Nikto ho neopravoval — počúvali ho do konca.
Nobody corrected him — they listened to the end.

Prvé týždne v sklade rozumela Oksana iba príkazom.
For the first weeks in the warehouse Oksana only understood instructions.

Cez prestávku kolegovia hovorili rýchlo a smiali sa na niečom, čo nechápala.
During the break the colleagues spoke fast and laughed at something she did not get.

Rozhodla sa, že si každý deň zapíše tri vety, ktoré počula.
She decided to write down three sentences she had heard every day.

Nie slová zo slovníka, ale to, čo ľudia naozaj hovoria.
Not words from a dictionary, but what people actually say.

Po dvoch mesiacoch mala v zošite viac ako sto viet.
After two months she had more than a hundred sentences in her notebook.

Jedného dňa povedala vtip a celá zmena sa zasmiala.
One day she made a joke and the whole shift laughed.

Vtedy pochopila, že už nie je iba „tá nová cudzinka“.
That was when she realised she was no longer just "the new foreign woman".

Jazyk sa naučila v práci, nie na kurze — kurz jej len pomohol.
She learned the language at work, not on a course — the course only helped.

Na Slovensku sa skoro každý formulár začína rodným číslom.
In Slovakia almost every form starts with the personal identification number.

Bez neho sa nedá zapísať k lekárovi ani podpísať zmluvu.
Without it you cannot register with a doctor or sign a contract.

Kateryna si myslela, že ho dostane spolu s pobytom.
Kateryna thought she would get it together with her residence permit.

V skutočnosti oň musela požiadať zvlášť, na inom úrade.
In fact she had to apply for it separately, at a different office.

Prvýkrát ju poslali preč, lebo mala starý formulár.
The first time they sent her away because she had an old form.

Nový si stiahla z internetu a vyplnila ho večer.
She downloaded the new one from the internet and filled it in that evening.

Na druhý pokus to trvalo pätnásť minút.
On the second attempt it took fifteen minutes.

Odvtedy si to číslo pamätá naspamäť, ako telefónne.
Since then she knows that number by heart, like a phone number.

O veľkonočnom pondelku jej nikto vopred poriadne nepovedal.
Nobody had properly warned her about Easter Monday in advance.

Ráno zazvonili susedovi chlapci s vedrom vody.
In the morning the neighbour's boys rang the bell with a bucket of water.

Tradícia hovorí, že polievanie prináša zdravie a krásu.
Tradition says that being doused brings health and beauty.

Niekde sa polieva vodou, inde sa šibe korbáčom z prútia.
In some places they use water, in others a braided willow switch.

Anna najprv nechápala, či sa má smiať alebo hnevať.
At first Anna did not know whether to laugh or be angry.

Susedova mama sa ospravedlnila a dala jej maľované vajíčko.
The neighbour's mother apologised and gave her a painted egg.

Popoludní boli všetci mokrí a nikto sa nehneval.
By the afternoon everyone was wet and nobody was cross.

Na budúci rok si Anna schovala vlastné vedro za dvere.
The next year Anna kept her own bucket ready behind the door.

Prvá výplatná páska bola pre Vasyla nezrozumiteľná.
Vasyl could not make sense of his first payslip.

Hrubá mzda a čistá mzda sa líšili skoro o tretinu.
Gross pay and net pay differed by almost a third.

Odvody idú na zdravotné a sociálne poistenie a na daň.
The deductions go to health and social insurance and to tax.

Vasyl si našiel riadok s nadčasmi a prepočítal ho.
Vasyl found the overtime line and recalculated it.

Chýbali mu tri hodiny z poslednej soboty.
Three hours from the previous Saturday were missing.

Šiel za mzdovou účtovníčkou a ukázal jej svoje zápisky.
He went to the payroll clerk and showed her his own notes.

Bola to chyba v systéme a v ďalšej výplate mu to doplatili.
It was a system error and they paid it out in the next salary.

Odvtedy si Vasyl píše odpracované hodiny do zošita.
Since then Vasyl writes his hours down in a notebook.