No. 56 in Slovak
dnes
"Today."
In a sentence
Dnes je krásne počasie.
Today the weather is beautiful.
In this sentence, 'dnes' is used as an adverb of time meaning 'today' to specify when the action is occurring.
Dnes sa naučíme niečo nové.
Today we will learn something new.
Here, 'dnes' again functions as a temporal adverb indicating that the learning is happening on the current day.
Pamätáš si, čo sa stalo dnes ráno?
Do you remember what happened this morning?
'Dnes' in this context points out a specific part of the day (morning) happening within 'today,' emphasizing the day's timeframe.
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