správne

Správne is a Slovak adverb meaning "correctly" or "properly." It describes the manner in which an action is performed, or it can serve as a stand-alone interjection meaning "That's right." It is derived from the adjective správny, which means "correct" or "proper."

Usage: As an adverb, správne typically follows or precedes the verb it modifies: "Správne to urobil" or "Urob to správne." It can modify a noun phrase when used attributively in phrases like "správne riešenie" (the correct solution) or "správne údaje" (the correct data). In everyday speech, "Správne!" is a common interjection meaning "That's right!" or "Correct."

Grammar and related forms: The related adjective is správny; the negation is nesprávny/ nesprávne, meaning "incorrect" or "not correct." The noun form is správnosť, meaning "correctness" or "propriety."

Etymology and comparison: Správne shares its semantic field with other Slavic languages; for example, Czech uses správně as the adverb. The Slovak form správne is formed regularly by adding the adverbial suffix -e to the adjective správny.