This is the 638th most frequent Slovak word.
som
"Som" means "I am" in English.
The word 'som' functions as the first person singular present tense of the verb 'to be', indicating a state of being a teacher.
Ja som učiteľ.
I am a teacher.
Here, 'som' serves as the auxiliary verb indicating the first person singular in the past tense formation.
Ráno som vstal skoro.
In the morning, I woke up early.
In this sentence, 'som' is part of the conditional mood construction, used to express hypothetical situations.