takmer

This is the 80th most frequent Slovak word.


takmer

Almost.


In this sentence, the word 'takmer' means 'almost' and indicates something that nearly happened but did not.

Takmer som zabudol na tvoje narodeniny.

I almost forgot your birthday.


Here, 'takmer' expresses an approximation to completeness or totality of the action.

Urobil takmer všetky domáce úlohy.

He did almost all of the homework.


In this context, 'takmer' specifies proximity to a final phase or location.

Boli sme takmer na konci cesty, keď sa auto pokazilo.

We were almost at the end of the journey when the car broke down.