No. 288 in Slovak
kvôli
"Kvôli" means "because of" or "due to" in English.
In a sentence
Nepodarilo sa nám plány zrealizovať kvôli dažďu.
We couldn’t carry out the plans because of the rain.
In this sentence, "kvôli" denotes the cause or reason for the disrupted plans, specifically the rain.
Kvôli tebe som prišiel neskoro.
I arrived late because of you.
Here, "kvôli" is used to indicate the cause of the lateness, which is the person's influence.
Deti zmeškali vyučovanie kvôli štrajku.
The children missed lessons because of the strike.
"Kvôli" describes the cause of the children's absence from lessons, which is the strike.
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