Pronunciation and orthography
In Slovak, the accent is almost always on the first syllable of the word. Exceptions occur mainly around monosyllables.
slovenský jazyk moja rodina mama a otec Učím sa slovenčinu.
kreslil som si Dal som jej knihu.
NOTE: The prolongation mark (diacritical mark in letters //á, é, í, ó, ú, ý, ĺ, ŕ//) does not designate that that the syllable should be emphasised! The prolongation mark only means that the syllable should be pronounced twice as long as a short syllable. Example:
| mama | /mama/ |
| ja mám | /ja ma:m/ |
The accent is not marked in Slovak words.