Pán, pani: addressing people

Polite Slovak uses pán (Mr, sir) and pani (Mrs, Ms, madam) with a surname or a job title: pán Novák, pani Nováková, pán doktor, pani učiteľka. When the title belongs to a woman, it takes its feminine form: doktor → doktorka, profesor → profesorka, kolega → kolegyňa.

• When you address a man by name or title, use the basic form: Dobrý deň, pán Kráľ!
• When there is no name, use the old vocative pane: Prepáčte, pane, kde je pošta?
• pán declines like a noun: pána (Poznáte pána Horvátha?), pánovi (k pánovi doktorovi), s pánom. The plural is páni (dámy a páni).
• pani never changes: s pani Novákovou, pani učiteľke.