No. 105 in Slovak
percent
The Slovak word "percent" means "percent" or "per hundred" in English.
In a sentence
Sto percent študentov urobilo skúšku.
One hundred percent of the students passed the exam.
Here, 'percent' is used to indicate a portion of a total, emphasizing a full 100%.
Čakáme desať percentný nárast.
We are expecting a ten percent increase.
In this sentence, 'percent' modifies a description of growth, quantifying increase.
Zdá sa mi, že tomu rozumiem na 50 percent.
It seems to me that I understand it at 50 percent.
'Percent' is used in this context to indicate the level or degree of understanding, quantifying it as a fraction.
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