No. 914 in Slovak
stará
"Stará" in English means "old" (feminine form).
In a sentence
Stará mama pripravila chutný domáci koláč.
Grandmother prepared a delicious homemade cake.
Here, 'stará' is used as an adjective in feminine form, meaning 'old', referring to the noun 'mama'.
Tento starý dom má históriu.
This old house has history.
In this sentence, 'stará' (in masculine form 'starý') is an adjective describing a house, implying it has been around for many years.
Stará sa o svoju záhradu veľmi dôkladne.
She takes care of her garden very thoroughly.
Here, 'stará' is a verb in the present tense, meaning 'takes care'.
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