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sjf   
3 May 2008
Language / (part 2) Polish Language Pronunciation - Sample Words and Phrases [311]

Merged: Questions on pronunciation! "k","p", "rz"

Hi,I'm a beginner having been studying Polish for only 1 week.
Here are my questions on Polish Pronunciation:
1. Are "k","p" and "t" pronounced as those in German(aspirated) or in French(unaspirated)? For eg. in "tak","pani","jestem". I've listened to the songs and some teaching materials and I am confused because some people pronouce these letters with aspiration while some do not.

2. When is "rz" pronouce separately? It's written in the text book that the pronunciation of "rz" is like "j" in French. But when I saw the film "katyn", I heard the name "Jerzy" was pronounced as /jerzi/ and "rz" was pronouced separately. So is there some regularity?

3.How to pronouce "budzić" ? I think "dz" should be softened.But when I listen to the song "budzić Świat" of Dna i Gal, I find they pronouce "dz" as /dz/ without softening it. So is it accent?

Dziękuję!
sjf   
5 May 2008
Language / Which case for adjectives? [47]

Merged: Declension of Polish words

It's written that:
The genitive(and locative) form of dwa can be either dwóch or dwu.
The dative form of dwa can be either dwom or dwu.
The instrumental form of dwa can be either dwoma or dwu.

So,what is the difference? I mean,when people use dwu and when people use the other one.

Thanks.
sjf   
5 May 2008
Language / Which case for adjectives? [47]

I've been confused...
The declension table on this link(free.of.pl/g/grzegorj/gram/liczeb02.html) is a little bit different from my grammar book. I'm a Chinese and this book is edited by a Chinese teacher,and I think this is the only Polish grammar book...

Maybe I should read more Polish novels or news reports and gradually I'll make it clear...
Anyway,Thank u all very much!