No. 13 in Slovak

podľa

"According to" or "based on."

In a sentence

Podľa mňa je táto kniha fascinujúca.
In my opinion, this book is fascinating.
In this sentence, "podľa" is used to express a subjective opinion or viewpoint, indicated by "mňa" meaning "me".
Podľa mapy by sme mali ísť na sever.
According to the map, we should go north.
Here, "podľa" is utilized to indicate reliance on some reference or source of information, which is "mapy" meaning "map".
Jedz podľa svojho hladu, nie podľa hodín.
Eat according to your hunger, not according to the clock.
In this instance, "podľa" relates action to a condition or standard—"hladu" meaning "hunger" and "hodín" meaning "hours".

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