No. 80 in Slovak
takmer
Almost.
In a sentence
Takmer som zabudol na tvoje narodeniny.
I almost forgot your birthday.
In this sentence, the word 'takmer' means 'almost' and indicates something that nearly happened but did not.
Urobil takmer všetky domáce úlohy.
He did almost all of the homework.
Here, 'takmer' expresses an approximation to completeness or totality of the action.
Boli sme takmer na konci cesty, keď sa auto pokazilo.
We were almost at the end of the journey when the car broke down.
In this context, 'takmer' specifies proximity to a final phase or location.
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