Cristian
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What is the difference between <trochu> and <malo>?
Jun 26, 2015 6:54 AM
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4

"málo" is like it "it isn't enough" and "trochu" is more like "a little bit"

September 4, 2015
3

Mozno toto ti pomoze, ako to vnimam ja:

 

malo = menej nez by si inak chcel alebo bolo potrebne


Kolko penazi mas v penazenke? Málo. (...mohlo by ich tam byt viac)
Kolko casu mas na ucenie? Málo. (...mohlo by ho byt viac)
Kolko ludi prislo na stretnutie? Málo. Ocakavali 120 ludi, prislo len 15.

 

 

trochu = malo a si s tym OK


Kolko ti nalozim na tanier? Len trochu prosim. Viac sa do mna nezmesti.
Kolko casu este potrebujes? Uz iba trochu a bude to hotove.
Velmi ta boli ta rana? Iba trochu. Je to v pohode.

July 6, 2015
1

Toto berte iba ako konštatovanie. 

Som si istý, že ak si niekto popletie tieto dve slová v nejakej vete, tak sa nič také strašné nestane a aj tak Vám všetci na Slovensku porozumejú.

June 27, 2015
1

The <em>slovnik.azet.sk</em> site is worth bookmarking. Ďakujem Michal! :)

 

Both <em>trochu</em> and <em>málo</em> are adverbs (<em>príslovky</em>;<em> </em>the adjective form is<em> malý</em>), and as far as I can tell, it's more or less the same as "a few/a little" compared to "few/little" in English: one implies some, the other not much.

 

There are some examples on <em>slovniky.lingea.sk</em>  ...unfortunately, I can't link directly to the entries for <em>trochu</em> and <em>málo</em>, so you'll need to search for them yourself.

 

Any other impressions from Slovak speakers? :)

June 27, 2015
1

Dúfam, že ti pomôže tento odkaz:

 

http://slovnik.azet.sk/pravopis/?q=m%C3%A1lo

June 27, 2015
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