This is still acceptable and understood by most Poles.)Įquivalent to Spanish ñ, Portuguese nh, French/Italian gn, Latvian ņ, and Czech/Slovak ň.Įxactly the same as u, like t ool or s oup. ![]() ( L with stroke was originally a special type of l. Pronounced like an English w as in water. When ę is the last letter of a word, or when followed by l or ł, most Poles will pronounce it like a regular Polish e, slightly lengthened. Pronounced like en or em (when followed by b or p) or. Similar to but clearly softer than cz.Ĭ followed by i is pronounced just like ć.īefore vowels: ciastko, pociąg, stulecie ("cookie", "train", "hundred years") are pronounced as "ćastko", "poćąg", "stuleće" (not "ćiastko", "poćiąg", "stulećie").īefore consonants: cisza, płacić ("silence", "to pay") are pronounced as "ćisza", "płaćić" (not "ćsza", "płaćć"). When ą is followed by ł, Poles will pronounce it as o. Pronounced like on or om (when followed by b or p) or. Make the vowel in "it" but move your tongue slightly backwards and downwards, a bit above the schwa sound. The first sounds somewhat like the English word bitch while the second is closer to beach. "Softens" the consonants it follows, palatalizing them (k, g, p) usually, or changing n to the sound of Spanish ñ or French gn, or the sound in "onion"īefore voiceless consonants, it may be pronounced devoiced, as f.Ĭompare the verbs b yć ( to be) and b ić ( to beat, hit). ( b d f h k l m n p t z are pronounced as you'd expect them to be.)Ī co wię cej ( what else? / anything else/more?)Īlways hard like in game, never like gene.į eet but shorter. Stress is almost always on the penultimate (next-to-last) syllable. Vowels are pronounced similarly to their counterparts in most other European languages (not English though) but note, there are no long vowels. ![]() Once you learn the rules, you should be able to guess how a word is pronounced and get it more or less right even if you've never heard it before (unlike English which is rather unpredictable). Problems listening to this file? See media help. A ą b c ć d e ę f g h i j k l ł m n ń o ó p r s ś t u w y z ź ż
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