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Czech/Slovak speaker here. Slovak kept the original sound /uo/, which is written as ô. There are many words with a simple ô/ů substitution, for example Czech “t
by azag0 9y ago
Czech/Slovak speaker here. Slovak kept the original sound /uo/, which is written as ô. There are many words with a simple ô/ů substitution, for example Czech “trůn” /tru:n/ vs. Slovak “trôn” /truon/, meaning “throne”.
So no, they are not phonetically equivalent, but they are related.
- pirkus 9y agoAs far as I know it's not trôn but trón in slovak ... EDIT: Thinking about it, kůň and kôň (horse) might be a better example