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Correct terms for the marks over letters in the Polish alphabet


Irena Z  3 | 9  
15 Sep 2006 /  #1
Hello. I'm a new member and I was wondering if anyone could help me out with question?
I do am doing Polish/English language exchange, and neither my partner nor I know the correct term for the marks over letters in the Polish alphabet. We can't go on saying, for example, the c with a comma over it :) He says it is not an accent mark. So what is it called?

We are also saying "the z with a tail". Is there a correct term for that mark? Or is it just a part of the letter itself? Hope these questions aren't too silly.
FISZ  24 | 2116  
15 Sep 2006 /  #2
This should answer all of your questions :)

freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~atpc/learn/tools/pl-alphabet.html
Kowalski  7 | 621  
15 Sep 2006 /  #3
with a dash
a dot on top
an apostrophe
a tail
at least according to this site
plg  17 | 262  
15 Sep 2006 /  #4
thanks " at least according to this site"

i found very interesting and now i have polish dictionary
OP Irena Z  3 | 9  
18 Sep 2006 /  #5
Thank you Fisz. So there is no unique name for the dot/ thing on the top or bottom. Thanks also for the geneology directory. When my grandparents came to America in the early 1900's, there was no Poland. So technically, by the church records, I am Austrian. It's nice to know that even though we didn't have our country, we were still Polish and remain so to this day! We seem to be more stubborn than most: we don't give up. And we got our country back again. It is good to be Polish. Now if I could just learn to speak it properly - but here again being stubborn and not giving up will get me there!
muzyka  
1 Mar 2007 /  #6
Mar 1, 07 [15:01] - Attached on merging:
polish alphabet on the net

Cany anyone please give me the link to polish alphabet for the purposes of being able to include all the special letters etc., I think you know what I mean????
Grzegorz_  51 | 6138  
1 Mar 2007 /  #7
Cany anyone please give me the link to polish alphabet for the purposes of being able to include all the special letters etc., I think you know what I mean????

Something like this ?

modersmal.net/polska/jezyk_alfabet.htm
muzyka  
1 Mar 2007 /  #8
thanks Grzegorz - have checked it out, but it doesn't allow me to "insert" those letters in my writing - or am I doing it wrongly????
Rzeka  - | 10  
1 Mar 2007 /  #9
freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~atpc/learn/tools/pl-alphabet.html

nice Fisz! :)

any audio link to the Polish alphabet?
FISZ  24 | 2116  
1 Mar 2007 /  #10
Try here:

apronus.com/learnpolish/polishsounds.htm
Rzeka  - | 10  
1 Mar 2007 /  #11
wow, thanks a lot! :)
FISZ  24 | 2116  
1 Mar 2007 /  #12
Hope that helps :)
muzyka  
1 Mar 2007 /  #13
that's all great....but, it doesn't help me.....this is what I need: when I'm typing in polish, I want to use the correct lettering, e.g. o kreskowana, etc. so that it's written in correct polish, which I know how to write........does anyone know of such a link???? many thanks once again for your fantastic efforts in helping me........
muzyka  
1 Mar 2007 /  #15
thanks heaps "Hello" ....finally found what I was looking for; this will be a great help to me when writing polish.....

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