No. 713 in Slovak
hovoril
"Spoke" or "was speaking."
In a sentence
Ondrej hovoril veľmi zaujímavo o svojich dobrodružstvách.
Ondrej spoke very interestingly about his adventures.
Here, 'hovoril' is used to indicate that Ondrej was speaking about something in the past.
Mária sa hovorila, že počasie bude krásne celý týždeň.
Maria is said to have spoken that the weather will be beautiful all week.
The verb 'hovoril' might here represent the common usage of expressing verbal communication of something factual.
Hovoril som s učiteľom o našich plánoch na projekt.
I spoke with the teacher about our project plans.
In this sentence, 'hovoril' is used in a personal context to show the speaker conversing with a teacher in past time.
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