Causal adverbial subclause
| Prečo nemôže ísť Miško von? | = | Why can't Miško go out? |
| Lebo je chorý. | = | Because he is ill. |
| Miško nemôže ísť von, lebo je chorý. | = | Miško can't go out because he is ill. |
We have created a complex sentence with an adverbial clause of cause. In this sort of sentence, we usually use the conjunction lebo.
| Musíš ísť domov, lebo je veľa hodín. | = | You have to go home because it is late. |
| Prečo musíš ísť domov? Lebo je veľa hodín. | = | Why do you have to go home? Because it is late. |
| Prečo je Miško chorý? Lebo nebol teplo oblečený. Miško je chorý, lebo nebol teplo oblečený. | = | Why is Miško ill? Because he wasn't warmly dressed. Miško is ill because he was not warmly dressed. |
| Prečo teraz leží v posteli? Lebo má horúčku. Teraz leží v posteli, lebo má horúčku. | = | Why is he lying in bed now? Because he has a fever. He's lying in bed now because he has a fever. |
| Prečo má horúčku? Lebo prechladol. Má horúčku, lebo prechladol. | = | Why does he have a fever? Because he caught a cold. He has a fever because he caught a cold. |
| Ja som neprechladla. Teplo som sa obliekla. Ja som neprechladla, lebo som sa teplo obliekla. | = | I did not catch a cold. I was warmly dressed. I did not catch a cold because I was warmly dressed. |
| Tom nemôže pracovať. Bolí ho chrbát. Tom nemôže pracovať, lebo ho bolí chrbát. | = | Tom can't work. His back is sore. Tom can't work because his back is sore. |
Word order
The word order doesn't usually change (but sa and si, for example, may move within the sentence).
Musím ísť domov. Je neskoro.
Musím ísť domov, lebo je neskoro.
Dnes nejdem do školy. Som chorý.
Dnes nejdem do školy, lebo som chorý.
Nejdem von. Učím sa.
Nejdem von, lebo sa učím.
