CULTURE SHOCKS in Slovakia

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Living in Slovakia is an exciting and new experience.
But also there are things that shock us while living here.
In this video, we will share with you some of the culture shocks people experienced after moving to Slovakia.
We hope you enjoy it!
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[@Antechynus]

G'day from Australia, Slovakia is my first destination when travel opens up again... Really looking forward to seeing your wonderful country and meeting great people... thanks for the informative post. All the best for 2022.

[@linguarteOfficial]

Thank you for your comment. We hope you are able to visit soon our beautiful Slovakia. If you have any additional questions about Slovakia, just let us know and we will be glad to help you. :)

[@Antechynus]

Subscribed and liked.. 👍

[@bratislavaexperience4140]

Immigration police has improved by leaps and bounds for the past 10+ yrs that I live here in SK. I wouldn't be as harsh as your video on that part. Even BA office that used to be a nightmare, on my past 2 visits you either can come with a reservation or just wait and talk in English to the police officer at the front of the main door to help with process. My cultural shock in a good way was the low amount of crime there is and how safe you feel walking around. 2am back from old town and walking to your apt without being worried, is on the best things I love about SK.

[@linguarteOfficial]

Thank you very much for your comment. Actually we agree with you about Immigration police. It has improved a lot from those times where it was needed to camp outside in order to get an appointment. And regarding the low criminality, it is truly surprising how safe Slovakia is compared to other countries in the EU. Thank you for mentioning that positive culture shock.

[@lamebubblesflysohigh]

True. When I was younger I used to go clubbing and once I got so drunk no taxi wanted to take me. Long story short I slept on a bench and when I woke up I still had my wallet, my phone and a free bonus... a pigeon shit on my jacket. Slovakia is not rich, it is not glamorous, it is not very cosmopolitan or "instagramable" but it is safe (ofc. use common sense.. do not walk alone in dark side-alleys or sleep drunk on a park bench).

[@helenjaso5731]

I strongly disagree.

[@carllelendt5452]

Wow.. I could really go for the quiet!! Quiet allows people to think for themselves.

[@linguarteOfficial]

Thank you very much for your comment! And it is true, Slovakia is a calm and quiet country.

[@andresmalo254]

These videos are great and hilarious! keep the great job! :)

[@linguarteOfficial]

Thank you very much for the support. We are very happy you have found our videos funny and entertaining. We will upload new more videos like this soon. :)

[@salehnmr4720]

Thank you so much... this video is soooooo great and helpful

[@linguarteOfficial]

Thank you very much for your comment Saleh :) We are very happy you have found our videos funny and helpful. Check out this video to learn some phrases in Slovak for quarantine: kzbin.info/www/bejne/h6a3Y5Zons6ebac&ab_channel=Linguarte

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Subscribed and loved!!! ♥️♥️♥️🌹

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Thank you very much for your kind words! Soon we will keep uploading new videos. :)

[@brizzle3903]

I’m coming to Slovakia soon to visit and I’m really excited to see what Slovakia is like as an American from the United States

[@linguarteOfficial]

You won't feel dissapointed. Slovakia is a beautiful country. Enjoy a lot your time here! :)

[@helenjaso5731]

huge cultural shock!

[@amanrubey]

Excellent video !!

[@linguarteOfficial]

Thank you very much Aman! We'll upload new videos every week! :)

[@barborablaskova]

sometimes I think we could make spirits of any fruit, but many will be hard to find in shops and bars like drienkovica(cornelian cherries) or dulovica(quince) and waiting for moment we start make spirits from vegetables, they would have such nice names -uhorkovica(cucumber), brokolovica(brocolli), karfiolovica (cualiflower)...

[@linguarteOfficial]

That's absolutely true! :D Since people like to make their own palenka, it's possible to experience with all the possible fruits, then also trying to make dinavica, bananovica :D The possibilities are endless

[@vensakarakorwien5768]

only those that have good amount of sugar (that is what is actually needed to make alcohol). So sadly no cucumber, brocolli or cauliflower). But on the other hand yes for potatoes and for beets. and of course anything like wheat, ray or such.

[@user-ee8ih9bk7w]

Hi

[@user-bk8rp9zj6q]

Usually such theatrical scenes look very cringeworthy, but facial expressions somehow are funny and invigorating.

[@linguarteOfficial]

We are glad you got the tone of this video and that you found it somehow funny :)

[@grantzhang7500]

Greetings from Saskatoon, Canada. love your video!

[@linguarteOfficial]

Thank you very much and Merry Christmas! Šťastné a veselé Vianoce!

[@user-ee8ih9bk7w]

اهلين

[@linguarteOfficial]

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[@user-ee8ih9bk7w]

@@linguarteOfficial God bless you, you are a wonderful girl

[@linguarteOfficial]

Thank you very much for your comment! :)@@user-ee8ih9bk7w

[@2slovak0]

I remember going back when I was 18 and 25 and the whole entire morals change was shocking.

[@linguarteOfficial]

Thank you very much for your comment! For sure Slovakia has changed in moral terms specially in the last 20 years.

[@frankmontez6853]

Nice amusing video tanks for the memories 😂. Just kidding ha . One day hope make it to some European countries 👍 . Hopefully one of them will be Slovakia 😊

[@linguarteOfficial]

Thank you for your comment and feedback! Hopefully when you come back to Slovakia. :)

[@mrkvicka1995]

my left ear really enjoyed it.

[@linguarteOfficial]

We are really happy you enjoyed our video. Well... at least your left ear :D Check other of our videos about experiences speaking Slovak language: kzbin.info/www/bejne/onK2iIaMrZuAars

[@potzysk2]

Hahahaha, dobre video!

[@linguarteOfficial]

Ďakujeme veľmi pekne! 😁

[@ajmalkhan-lk6kk]

You learn slovakia language very difficult but how can learn

[@linguarteOfficial]

Thank you for your comment. Slovak language can be challenging to learn but it is possible. Check out this video where we give some tips on how to learn Slovak language successfully: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gGbTmml9nLiSoZI

[@giampaolofini1535]

I've heard the slovak coke (kolofa) and the national dish bryndzové halušky are things they expect foreigners to not like. Not sure what the kolofa tastes like, but I like tangy sheep milk cheese, I'd likely enjoy the cheesy dumplings. Also, very little seafood (but they always eat fish at Christmas), and I hope you like pork, cabbage, sour cream and potatoes b/c almost every dish has those things. Other things: this guy I play hockey with from Košice says even though it's only a country of 5 million, people from the east can barely understand the Slovak spoken in the west, and vice versa. Also, there's the easter tradition where the young men dress in traditional garb and chase the young women around with sticks and throw buckets of water on them, might be a bit concerning for women visiting that time of your when a bunch of guys start coming at them with sticks.

[@UKBench]

you are right, except that we DO understand slovak language from west and vice versa :)

[@linguarteOfficial]

Thank you for your comment. Bryndza and Kofola have very specific taste which can be a little bit dificult to get used to. It is similar to the sour cabbage soup (Kapustnica).

[@user-gn6cf8uc8d]

kofola is czech drink

[@timbigger1731]

Kofola is ghastly stuff, tastes like medicine. Try the bean and smoked pork soup, it is fantastic! My beautiful wife is Slovak.

[@potzysk2]

I'm an American who learned Slovak living in eastern Slovakia. I don't have any problem understanding people in Bratislava, unless they talk too fast. Your hockey friend is joking with you.

[@lianefux1773]

Paradox, one says culture shock but there is only a cult😂

[@bingzaniGercel]

Do you heard about the roma/gypsies in south and east slovakia? They came from india in 15th century

[@perseus274]

9th - 10th century Their name was Magyars :)

[@linguarteOfficial]

Thank you for your comment! And yes, between 1-2% of the population here in Slovakia is Romani. As you mentioned, they lived mostly in the east of Slovakia.

[@bingzaniGercel]

@@linguarteOfficial in fact there are 8.5-10% because most dont say theyre romani in the population census.

[@user-pi1kx2bt1x]

저는 즐을 서서 기다려야 해요

[@jeffreyedwards1174]

Thanks for the funny video. Just trying to connect with my ethnicity. From American

[@linguarteOfficial]

Thank you for your comment! 😊

[@KamrulIslam-dc1zn]

Once upon a time there was a country named Chekoslovakia , where is this country?

[@linguarteOfficial]

You are right! Now Chekoslovakia is in the history books. Thank you for your comment!

[@kayzeaza]

Cheap alcohol but you have to be quite. Sounds like an odd mix hahaha

[@linguarteOfficial]

Well yes, it can be lol! :D

[@richardsingh5827]

I like halusky

[@linguarteOfficial]

We like it as much as you Richard. We hope you have tried other Slovak dishes like rezeň :D

[@MrLaSerj]

You have described Slavic people, likes, Russians, Ukrainians, Belarusians. Beautiful women, weird food, etc )

[@linguarteOfficial]

Thanks a lot for commenting! Definitely it wasn't our intention to define Slavic people in general but it might apply as well :D

[@maxkho00]

@@linguarteOfficial It does. Most of these apply to all (at least North Slavic) people ─ beautiful women, weird (and, let's be honest, terrible) food, quiet and introverted people, cheap alcohol, etc. In fact, I'm from Russia, and you might as well have been describing my country lol (at least that's how it was before the war, I don't know and don't care what it's like there now).

[@naviryb]

Zošerilo sa

[@FahimMuhaimin]

I want you Slovakia people to trade in Indonesia. Especially in my city, Banjar City.

[@linguarteOfficial]

Thank you very much for your comment Fahim! Hopefully very soon it will happen! Keep learning about Slovakia with other of our videos! Ďakujeme veľmi pekne! :)

[@FahimMuhaimin]

@@linguarteOfficial Yes Hopefully it will come true.

[@ashoknayaki7776]

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[@mdbillalyasir]

so, tell me where are you from, I will go there!

[@linguarteOfficial]

We all live in Slovakia! You will enjoy it if you visit it :)

[@mdbillalyasir]

My girlfriend won’t let me go 😅 She said, if I go there I won’t back to her 😂

[@ashoknayaki7776]

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[@Mrkva22296]

She looks Scandinavian, not Slovak 😂

[@linguarteOfficial]

Or maybe Scandinavians look like Slovaks :D . In any case, thank you for watching our videos! :)

[@Mrkva22296]

@@linguarteOfficial no no shes almost got that foreign look like she's from Northern or Germanic country. So it made me happy foreigners teach about Slovakia / Slovak but then I realized 😅 anyways! Thank you for doing these videos. I myself teach Slovak to foreigners. ✌️ I like the inspiration

[@linguarteOfficial]

@@Mrkva22296 You are very welcome! We are happy we can give you some inspiration teaching Slovak to foreigners.

[@kinginigo8007]

@@Mrkva22296 There's no such thing as "Slovak look" or "Scandinavian look"

[@ashoknayaki7776]

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[@user-gn6cf8uc8d]

how old is this video? there is a joke from one of slovak humorists. Name is A diary of the American in Slovakia. Monday:I drink with Slovaks Tuesday: After yesterday I almost died Wednesday: Im drinking with Slovaks again Thursday: Why I didnt die 2 days ago?

[@linguarteOfficial]

Thank you for your comment! This video is like 10 months old. And nice joke btw ;)

[@christopher9727]

John 3:16-21 16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. 17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. 18 He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. 19 And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. 20 For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. 21 But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God. Mark 1.15 15 And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel.

[@pavolkocis7456]

Exactly alkohol, cigarettes and services are cheap in Slovakia anything else.... that's why people leaving this country in thousands.

[@SINC0MENTARI0S]

Could you elaborate? I presumed the cost of living is relatively low in Slovakia.

[@pavolkocis7456]

@@SINC0MENTARI0S Not at all! If we compare England where I'm living now the prices are relatively similar to Slovakia just to consider that here the minimum monthly wage after tax is 1350£. On other hand in Slovakia is around 550€.

[@SINC0MENTARI0S]

@@pavolkocis7456 Wow, that's quite disappointing. Thank you for sharing.

[@1988techno]

Wszystko w porządku ?🤣🤣🤣

[@linguarteOfficial]

Tak wszystko w porządku :D

[@1988techno]

@@linguarteOfficialWriting everything is all right, I meant him. 🤣 I always wonder how much Slovaks understand Polish :) Greetings from Poland :)

[@linguarteOfficial]

@@1988techno We are not sure if he is ok :D. And Slovak and Polish have a lot of similarities, like Všetko je v poriadku. Greetings 😃

[@1988techno]

@@linguarteOfficial hahaha alcohol is not for him 🤣

[@linguarteOfficial]

@@1988techno Definitely not! :D Non-Slavic people lack the specific gene for alcohol :D

[@Goldberg1234]

Slovaks have a gypsy roots.

[@potzysk2]

No they don't. There are many Romani (gypsies) living in Slovakia, but Slovaks are Slavic, which has nothing to do with gypsies.

[@perseus274]

Slovaks? More like Magyars 🤣

[@marhosan]

30% of today's genetical make up of Hungarian populace is asiatic. The rest is Slavic,Romanian,German.@@perseus274

[@gabrielaholcikova9007]

hrozné

[@blackwolfricco631]

Nice video God bless you and God bless all people in the world and the whole world in the name OF JESUS CHRIST our Lord and Savior Amen❤️🙏❤️

[@linguarteOfficial]

Thank you very much for your words! :)

[@jamesarnette1394]

As your savior said, go into your closet and pray. This venue is not your closet.

[@user-en4qu7jw8w]

Blessings to you and your loved ones in Jesus name. 🙏🙏🙏✝️✝️✝️♥️♥️🌹

[@annamotylova2090]

I appreciate your effort to popularize Slovak culture, but 'Beautiful women' didn't sit right with me on this list. They way you portrayed them made us seem like a tourist attraction, not people.

[@linguarteOfficial]

Ahoj Anna. Thank you very much for your comment and your opinion. Keep enjoying more of our videos! Ďakujeme! :)

[@benyovszkyistvan408]

an example. the Slovaks lived next to the Hungarians for centuries and even now. (Because the territory of today's Slovakia was an integral part of the Kingdom of Hungary for 1000 years.) Slovak is a Slavic language. Hungarian is not Slavic. The Slovak language is based on the Hungarian language! Ice cream in Slovak: zmrzlina. I always laughed at this because it's hard to pronounce because of the many vowels. Then I found out that the Slovaks created it from the Hungarian word "zúzmara". (Zúzmara=Rime (English)

[@sanchesseli]

You are wrong. Zmrzlina came from zmrzly = frozen. It is regular slavic word. It exists even in Russian, Ukrainian, Polish

[@benyovszkyistvan408]

@@sanchesseli Do you think the Slavs could not have taken it from the ancient Hungarian word "zúzmara" (zmrzlina)? Hungarian is an ancient, NOT INDO-EUROPEAN language. He didn't have to adopt Slavic, Latin, Germanic words en masse. How did the ancient Hungarians name the noun "zúzmara" (zmrzlina) for thousands of years? Maybe the phenomenon didn't occur before, that's why it didn't even have a name in the Hungarian language??? Don't believe today's academics, but think logically. király-král (king), utca-ulica (street), kolbász-klobása (sausage) are not Slavic words, but proto-Hungarian!

[@benyovszkyistvan408]

@@sanchesseli Grover S. Krantz: Magyarság, the founding people of Europe's culture Grover S. Krantz (1931-2002), a world-renowned American anthropologist and professor at Washington State University, recognizes in his work "The Geographical Development of European Languages" that Hungarians, who have been treated as Europe's stepchildren until now, are the founders of Europe's culture. According to him, the u.n. "Indo-European languages" developed very late in Europe. That is why 30% of their vocabulary is not of "Indo-European" origin, and there are no "Indo-European" river names on the early maps of Europe. We are more interested in the following sentence: "...so the Greek language was formed in its current location in 6500 BC, and the Celtic language in Ireland in 3500 BC. The antiquity of the Hungarian language in the Carpathian Basin is similarly surprising; I find that its origins lead to the Mesolithic, preceding the Stone Age." Furthermore: "At least on one important point, the theory of people's migration is the opposite of the previous theorem. It is generally believed that the Hungarians of the Urals lived in the 9th century. century, they moved into the Carpathian basin from an eastern area. I find that all groups speaking the Uralic language spread from Hungary, in a much earlier age, in the opposite direction." Grover S. Krantz, The Geographical Formation of European Languages. (Ősi Örökségünk Alapítvány, Budapest, 2000) Original title and publisher of the work: Geographical Development of European Languages ​​Peter Lang Publishing Inc. New York 1988. Translated by: Imre Kálmán

[@benyovszkyistvan408]

@@sanchesseli By the way, the word king (KIRÁLY-král) is not of Slavic origin, but of Hungarian-Dravidian origin! You don't think that Slavic languages ​​are more ancient than Hungarian and Dravidian???? Christmas (KARÁCSONY) is not a Slavic word, but an ancient Hungarian one! You would have to know the original Hungarian religion to recognize it!

[@benyovszkyistvan408]

@@sanchesseli Slavic, Latin, Germanic languages ​​are very young compared to Hungarian!! This cannot be disputed: kzbin.info/www/bejne/nHivlKewnrSWadk kzbin.info/www/bejne/m3yZhJKsnq2nocU

[@alexgere529]

Slovakia: unhealthy food, nice people, terrible drivers, corrupt and dumb politians (dumb Fico voters), beautiful nature (still if they not stopping chopping trees) , good beer, nice women😊😊, underpaid workers, too much smokers, very difficult language (even people themselves do not know how to write)

[@linguarteOfficial]

Thanks a lot Richard for your input! Definitely there are good and bad things about Slovakia.

[@alexgere529]

@@linguarteOfficial perfect country does not exist, maybe country without humans 😊😊

[@treskplesk9394]

Si zakomplexovaný Slovák? Tak miesto komplexov začni niečo užitočné robiť a prestaň paušálne hejtovať Slovákov. Chudák.