(part 2) Polish Language Pronunciation - Sample Words and Phrases

heheh that was good : )

Merged: Polish pronunciation

Phonetics of dating phrases
Hi, I just started dating this beautiful Polish girl. Her primary language is English but she knows Polish as well. I thought it would be nice if I learned some Polish to surprise her. I have no knowledge of pronunciation so any replies would have to have the translation with the phonetic spelling. Thanks so much!

I miss you
I'm glad we met
Hi beautiful
You are beautiful
Thank you
Can I have a hug?
Please
How are you?

Any help with the Polish phonetics is much appreciated!! Thanks!! :)

tęsknie za Tobą
ciesze się że, sie spotkalismy
cześć piękna
jestes piękna
dziękuje
moge dostać uścisk? ( can i hug u - mogę cie uściskać?)
proszę
jak sie masz? / co słychać?

for sure somebody will do rest ( write how pronuncation it)

miss you - tęsknię za tobą - tens-knee-ye za tow-bom
I'm glad we met - cieszę się, że się poznaliśmy - che-she shem ge (as in 'genre') shem po-sna-leesh-mi
Hi beautiful - cześc piękna - cheshch pee-yenk-nah
You are beautiful - jesteś piękna - yes-tesh pee-yenk-nah
Thank you - dziękuję - gen(soft g as in 'genre')-coo-yen
Can I have a hug? - czy mogę cię uściskać? - chi mow-gem chem oosh-chees-catch?
Please - proszę - proh-shem
How are you? - jak się masz? - yak shem mash?

Thank you so much for your help :) Dziękuję!! :P

Merged:you are my happiness - pronounciation

how would you write in polish "you are my happines" and how do you pronounce it

Jesteś moim szczęściem.

Jesteś - Je ste ś

Je - Yeah
ste - stay
ś - dont really know that, but if you say "S" like in "snake" every pole will know what you mean

moim - mo im

mo - more
im - immortal

szczęściem - sz cz ę ś ci em

sz - shit
cz - watch
ę - first part of this letter will be sand and the second is boot, it wont sound very accurate, but i can find a better example.

ś - i really dont know
ci - the same, can find a good example
em - I am

Let's bear it in mind that the questioner lives in England and is probably English, speaking with some Englishy sort of accent.

moim - say 'mime' like you're from Bristol.

ę - you'll get away with the sort of sound you get in 'cairn'.
ś - insurance salesman (well, why not?)
ci - ciabatta
em - them

Why not? Well of course you know the "ś" does not sound anything like the "s" in insurance, and i know that. But the person that asked how to pronounce it doesn't know it.

I wouldn't say it doesn't sound anything like it. It's just that it's not right.
If someone has to ask an internet forum how to pronounce stuff like that, you have to give them something they can pronounce that will be understandable.

It is neither of the things we have suggested. Shall we describe exactly how ś is pronounced without resorting to 'well, it sounds a bit like...'?

Maybe this will help....remember the alphabet tapes on this thread?

polishforums.com/polish_lessons_units-18_10526_0.html

Merged:Help pronouncing "Przytul" please

Can someone write phonetically Przytul for me so that I can try to pronounce it. Also can anyone confirm that Przytul mnie means give me a hug ?

Any other easier way to say this??

Kermit

You pronounce it:- PSHITUL M-NIE
& YES IT DOES MEAN "HUG ME", i dont think that there is any other way of saying this though, good luck!!!

pshytoow mnje

So the R is kind of silent?

and is the TUL similar to the English word TOOL?

In Polish language "rz" is really one letter, when togeather it is pronounced as "sh"
And the "tul" is pronounced the same as in English

Thank you. I am going to try it out tonight and see if I get what I want : 0 )

Ha, good luck

pshy-tool

I dont mean to be rude, but how can somone who does not speak Polish know the real way how to say this?

He can't but when we give examples of words/part of words which sounds exactly or really close to the polish word/part of word he can get the picture.

Merged: Pronunciation of "Czesc"

Given that my "handle" is "Czesc," I was wondering if anyone could tell me the proper pronunciation of "Czesc." I'm a 2nd generation U.S. born Polish boy, and consequently I butcher every word from "Babcia(?)" to "Ojciec"(?)

Any assistance would be helpful.

Z poważaniem,
Adam

cześć

It helps when you start to know that there are two different sounds that English-speakers' ears hear as 'ch' - neither of them spelt 'ch'! So, although it sounds a bit like 'cheshch', it isn't. Confused? You will be!

cz - like 'ch' in 'chicken', with the tongue in a similar position to the English 'r' but maybe not quite so far back.

ć - the tongue makes a completely different shape for this one - the tip of the tongue just behind and above the front teeth, the middle of the tongue raised upwards (kind of thing)

ś is made in the same kind of way as the ć
e is like the e in the word 'shed'.

Was that helpful, Adam.
Anyone else: was that a good description from someone who is rubbish at Polish?

amzing donkey, i wouldn't have explained it better myself.

I need to know these things so I can sound as good as possible. I even practice when I'm on my own sometimes!
The only problem is that when I try to say it out loud in front of people, it all comes out wrong...
except in a nice simple word like 'cześć' or in a load of mindless swearing - practice eventually makes perfect!

yeah i talk to myself in English quite often, too, and yes i dont sound exactly British, but there are a few phrases that i have mastered so far (by repeating them almost every day), and as long as i dont have to use an "r" i sound ok ;). it definitely is a matter of practice.

I might be able to give you some simple step-by-step instructions to help with this.

On the other hand, a foreign accent can sound quite nice, and if (unlike yourself) you are rubbish at speaking the language, sounding too good can make people think you know more than you do.

yeah everybody tells me not to lose the accent, i speak very clear and have a nice voice, so its ok. could open a Polish hotline or something ;). i know a couple of Polish people who try to be so very correct with their English pronounciations and choosing their words, that by the time they actually finish their sentence everybody's so not interested. they choose the correct (in their minds) pronounciation and formal vocabulary over regular everyday English. its so pathetic, makes me cringe when i listen to that.

This donkey is hilarious hahaha ;P eat fruits, it will help you with polish ;) it refines your words ;P sweet lips, smoother tongue. hehehe!