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| a A = a [a] – tam, pas, vpravo (there, passport, to the right) | but (ale) |
| á Á = dlhé á [a:] – aparát, má (device, he/she/it has) | are, father (sú, otec) |
| ä = ä [ae] – mäso, päť (meat, five) | ham, have (šunka, mať) |
| b B = bé [b] – balkón, izba (balcony, room) | bag, bits (taška, kúsky) |
| c C = cé [ts] – colná, vreckovka (customs, handkerchief) | oats, its (ovos, jeho/jej) |
| č Č = čé [tS] – čo, strojček (what, little machine) | chips, speech (hranolky, reč) |
| d D = dé [d] – dátum, vzadu (date, at the back) | day, do (deň, robiť) |
| ď Ď = ďé [ď] – kde, ďaleko (where, far away) | duty, during (povinnosť, počas) |
| e E = é [e] – vpredu, meteor (at the front, meteor) | they, met (oni/ony, stretnúť) |
| é É = dlhé é [e:] – téma, veľké (theme, big) | there, their (tam, ich) |
| f F = ef [f] – kufor, kefka (case, little brush) | form, far, fit (formulár, ďaleko, zdravý) |
| g G = gé [g] – gól, fotograf (goal, photographer) | go, give, ground (ísť, dať, zem) |
| h H = há [h] – hore, holiaci (up, shaving) | have, he, him (mať, on, jemu) |
| ch Ch = chá [x] – charakter, dýcha (personality, he/she/it breathes) | no corresponding or similar English sound |
| i I = í [i] – izba, misa, chlapi (room, bowl, guys) | sit, pity (sedieť, ľútosť) |
| í Í = dlhé í [i:] – stolík, dvíha (little table, he/she/it picks up) | bee, sea (včela, more) |
| j J = jé [j] – je, jej, majú (he/she/it is, her/hers, they have) | yet (ešte) |
| k K = ká [k] – káva, balkón, taška (coffee, balcony, bag) | coffee, cocoa (káva, kakao) |
| l L = el [l] – telefón, mydlo (telephone, soap) | like, left, eleven (mať rád, ľavý, jedenásť) |
| ľ Ľ = mäkké ľ [ľ] – vľavo, posteľ (to the left, bed) | million (milión) |
| m M = em [m] – má, lampa (he/she/it has, lamp) | mother, mood, miss (matka, nálada, minúť) |
| n N = en [n] – okno, vnútri (window, inside) | no, nine, in (nie, deväť, v) |
| ň Ň = eň [ň] – skriňa, nie (cupboard, no) | lenient, news (mierny, noviny) |
| o O = o [o] – čo, to, osem, dolu (what, it, eight, down) | hot (horúci) |
| ó Ó = dlhé ó [o:] – balkón, telefón (balcony, telephone) | door (dvere) |
| ô = uo [uo] – môj, nôž (my, knife) | won´t (nebude) |
| p P = pé [p] – pas, vpredu, ponožky (passport, at the front, socks) | upper, powder (horný, púder) |
| r R = er [r] – hore, stroj, vpredu (up, machine, at the front) | rate, ring (rýchlosť, prsteň) |
| ŕ Ŕ = dlhé er [r:] – vŕta (he/she/it drills) | no corresponding sound in English |
| s S = es [s] – som, sú, uprostred (I am, they are, in the middle of) | sit, sun (sedieť, slnko) |
| š Š = eš [∫] – taška, ešte (bag, still) | show, short, ship (ukázať, krátky, loď) |
| t T = té [t] – teraz, tu, tam (now, here, there) | potato (zemiak) |
| ť Ť = mäkké ť [ť] – ešte, chuť, ťažko (still, taste, hard) | must you (musíš) |
| u U = u [u] – dolu, vzadu (down, at the back) | full, put (plný, položiť) |
| ú Ú = dlhé ú [u:] – vnútri, dúfať (inside, hope) | do, stool, rule (robiť, stolček, pravidlo) |
| v V = vé [v] – vzadu, dvere, vľavo (at the back, door, to the left) | vision (vízia) |
| w W = dvojité w [w] – watt, whisky | watt, whisky |
| y Y = ypsilon [i] – ponožky, topánky (socks, shoes) | no corresponding sound in English |
| ý Ý = dlhý ypsilon [í] – nočný, umývadlo (nocturnal, washbasin) | no corresponding sound in English |
| z Z = zed [z] – izba, zoznam (room, list) | zeal (nadšenie) |
| ž Ž = žed [ž] – dáždnik, peňaženka (umbrella, wallet) | pleasure, azure (potešenie, blankytný) |
| x X = iks [ks] – prax, taxík (practice, taxi) or [gz] – exemplár (copy) | taxi or example |
| q Q = kve [kv] – q (značka pre metrický cent) (symbol for quintal) | quality (kvalita) |
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