No. 517 in Slovak
polovicu
"Polovicu" means "half" in English.
In a sentence
Zjedol iba polovicu koláča.
He ate only half of the cake.
Here, 'polovicu' acts as the accusative form of 'polovica', meaning 'half', and is used to indicate a quantity of the noun 'koláč' (cake).
Dal som mu polovicu svojho peňazí.
I gave him half of my money.
In this instance, 'polovicu' indicates a proportional amount or share, referring to 'peňazí' (money).
Rozdelili sme miestnosť na polovicu.
We divided the room in half.
Here, 'polovicu' is used to define the result of an action that physically splits an object or entity into equal parts.
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