I was born in Kosice, Slovakia. My mom was born in Poprad, Slovakia, and my dad was born in Kosice, Slovakia, but his parents were from Hungary. My grandma had a cousin in New York, and she got a Work Visa and moved to New York a short while after I was born. When I was four, I visited her in America, and since she and my grandpa speak Hungarian, I was able to speak Hungarian fluently when I came back to Slovakia a few months later, as well as Slovak. A year later, when I was five, my grandma sent for us to come to America, and we lived in her apartment for about a year, then found our own apartment a floor above hers in the same building in Astoria, Queens. We've lived there ever since.
Languages;
Unfortunately, when I came back from America after my first vacation, I forgot Hungarian since I only spoke Slovak with my family, even though my dad speaks it fluently. At this point, I speak English and Slovak. The prominent language of Slovakia is Slovak because Czech Republic and Slovakia used to be one country - Czechoslovakia.
When they split on January 1, 1993, Slovakia adopted the language and changed it a bit, so Czech and Slovak are very similar, but do have differences. (For example, "I love you" in Slovak is "lubim ta," and in Czech it is "miluji te.")
There was no war or conflict that caused the two countries to split: it was a mutual decision largely made by political elites Vladimir Meciar (Slovak) and Vaclav Klaus (Czech), made after communism ended. After they separated, Meciar and Klaus became the Prime Ministers of the newly independent coutries. Pro-split citizens and politicians in Slovakia argued that the split was necessary because Slovakia was often neglected economically; the more important manucfacturing factories were located in Czech Republic, while Slovakia’s economy was based on agriculture and processing of raw materials.
Religion;
My dad is Catholic, and my mom is Protestant (Lutheran), and I was baptized Protestant. I've had my communion I'm going to start confirmation classes in the fall.
The characteristics of my religion are that we believe in God and Jesus, and we don't have to go to confession to be forgiven for our sins like Catholics; we just have to pray.
Flags;
Hungary
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