Extremely simplified grammar - Veľmi zjednodušená gramatika

accent

The accent in Slovak is always on the first syllable.

grammatical genders

There are three genders in Slovak - masculine, feminine and neuter. They're used not only for people, but also animals, objects, plants, etc. To use a noun correctly, you need to know its gender.

soft pronunciation de, te, ne, le, di, ti, ni, li

When consonants d, t, n, l are followed by the vowels e, i or by the diphthongs ia, ie, iu, their pronunciation is soft (ď, ť, ň, ľ), except for words of foreign origin. In modern-day language, L is usually pronounced hard, even in this position.