Bedeutung
A day for work
Kultureller Hintergrund
The 'pracovný deň' often starts very early (7:00 or 8:00 AM). This is a legacy of the country's industrial past where shifts started early to maximize daylight. Lunch is the main meal of the working day. Most people leave the office for a 'denné menu' (daily menu) at a local restaurant. Friday is often a 'shorter' working day in spirit, with many people leaving early to travel to their 'chata' (cottage). Slovakia has many public holidays. If a holiday falls on a Tuesday, people often take Monday off to create a 'bridge' (mostík), effectively skipping a working day.
Use for Business Hours
When you see 'Pracovné dni' on a sign, it almost always means Monday to Friday, 8 AM to 6 PM.
The Soft 'ň'
Don't forget to soften the 'n' in 'deň'. If you say it with a hard 'n', it sounds unnatural to Slovaks.
Bedeutung
A day for work
Use for Business Hours
When you see 'Pracovné dni' on a sign, it almost always means Monday to Friday, 8 AM to 6 PM.
The Soft 'ň'
Don't forget to soften the 'n' in 'deň'. If you say it with a hard 'n', it sounds unnatural to Slovaks.
Genitive Mastery
Master the phrase 'počas pracovného dňa' (during the workday). It makes you sound much more fluent than just saying 'v práci'.
Teste dich selbst
Fill in the correct form of 'pracovný deň'.
Banky sú zatvorené, dnes nie je ________.
The sentence requires the nominative singular form as the subject.
Which prepositional phrase is correct for 'on a working day'?
Stretneme sa ________.
'V' + accusative is the standard way to express 'on' for days in this context.
Complete the dialogue.
A: Aký si mal deň? B: Bol to veľmi dlhý ________.
'Pracovný deň' is the most natural way to describe the experience of the day.
Match the phrase to the situation.
You are looking at a shop's opening hours.
Plural 'pracovné dni' is used for listing business hours.
🎉 Ergebnis: /4
Visuelle Lernhilfen
Types of Days in Slovakia
Pracovný deň
- • Pondelok
- • Utorok
- • Streda
- • Štvrtok
- • Piatok
Deň voľna
- • Sobota
- • Nedeľa
- • Sviatok
Aufgabensammlung
4 AufgabenBanky sú zatvorené, dnes nie je ________.
The sentence requires the nominative singular form as the subject.
Stretneme sa ________.
'V' + accusative is the standard way to express 'on' for days in this context.
A: Aký si mal deň? B: Bol to veľmi dlhý ________.
'Pracovný deň' is the most natural way to describe the experience of the day.
You are looking at a shop's opening hours.
Plural 'pracovné dni' is used for listing business hours.
🎉 Ergebnis: /4
Häufig gestellte Fragen
10 FragenGenerally, no. For most offices and banks, it is not. However, for retail workers, it might be a personal working day, but legally it's a weekend.
Use 'v pracovný deň'.
The plural is 'pracovné dni'.
Yes, students often use it to refer to days when they have classes.
'Pracovný deň' emphasizes work/business, while 'všedný deň' just means an ordinary weekday.
It is neutral. It can be used in a legal contract or with a friend.
Prvý pracovný deň.
Usually, it refers to the daylight hours or the standard shift, but legally it covers the full 24-hour period of that day.
Then Wednesday is NOT a 'pracovný deň', even though it is a weekday.
No, you should say 'bol som unavený po pracovnom dni' (I was tired after the workday).
Verwandte Redewendungen
Pracovná doba
similarWorking hours
Všedný deň
similarWeekday / Ordinary day
Dovolenka
contrastVacation / Day off
Nadčas
builds onOvertime
