How to ask "What did you do yesterday?" in Slovak, Paste Tense 1; S2 E23 Bonus 1

Today's lesson is about past tense of some Slovak verbs.  You will review the irregular Slovak verb  byť (to be)  in the past tense and learn how to make a negation from it.

Episode notes
Today I will give you a simple explanation of how to make the past tense of Slovak verbs. Then
you’re going to practice some irregular Slovak verbs in the past tense. We already had one irregular verb and that was the verb byť - to be. We are going to review it plus learn how to make a negation from it.

Slovak lesson
Verb mať - to have:
Singular:                         
1. mal som (I had - m.), mala som (I had – f.)
2. mal si (you had – m.), mala si (you had – f.)
3. mal (he had)
    mala (she had)
    malo (it had)
  Plural:
1. mali sme (we had)
2. mali ste (you had)
3. mali (they had)

To negate, use the prefix ne-:
Singular:
1. nemal som (I did not have /I didn’t have - m.)
    nemala som (I didn’t have – f.)
2. nemal si (you didn’t have – m.)
    nemala si (you didn’t have – f.)
3. nemal (he didn’t have)
    nemala (she didn’t have)
    nemalo (it didn’t have)
Plural:
1. nemali sme (we did not have/we didn’t have)
2. nemali ste (you didn’t have)
3. nemali (they didn’t have)

 Verb robiť - to do or to make:
Singular:
1. robil som (m.), robila som (f.) (I was doing/making)
2. robil si (m.), robila si (f.) (you were doing/making)
3. robil (he was doing/making)
    robila (she was doing/making)
    robilo (it was doing/making)
Plural:
1. robili sme (we were doing/making)
2. robili ste (you were doing/making)
3. robili (they were doing/making)

Verb urobiť - to do or to make:
Singular:
1. urobil som (m.), urobila som (f.) (I did/made)
2. urobil si (m.), urobila si (f.) (you did/made)
3. urobil (he did/made)
    urobila (she did/made)
    urobilo (it did/made)
Plural:
1. urobili sme (we did/made)
2. urobili ste (you did/made)
3. urobili (they did/made)

Timestamps
00:30 Introduction to the episode
02:16 Slovak lesson
13:10 Short dialogue
14:36 Final thoughts

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