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

Thanks Osiol!
But when k,p,t are in the final position, for eg. "k" in "tak", is "k" still pronounced unaspirated?

there are a few others besides tarzan and some people pronounce that like tażan


yes


is like dź, soft

Thank u guys!

Merged:how to pronounce "psy"

Hi, I'm having a hard time learning how to pronounce "psy." It's been explained to me as one syllable, and each letter is pronounced. gah! can anyone help? thanks!

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Dogs ?

Yep, all letters are pronounced :)

[pseh]

Gotta go, it's late, good night :)

thank you!!

alternatively, you may use this site (and check both male and female voice)
ivosoftware - Text to speech in Polish

fantastic, thanks. i've been looking for a site like this for a few days. thank you both so much.

You're welcome :)

Merged:How do you say Wroclaw?

Hi! I'm going to Wroclaw next year on exchange, and I can't figure out how to pronounce it. I've looked on the internet, but I've been told two different things. One website said it was pronounce "Vroh-slav" and another said it was "vrott-suave". Which one is correct? Or are either of them?

The second one is pretty accurate. A little more O, like vrott-swov but the one above is ok

just to uphold the fine polish tradition of 3 different people 3 different opinions im going to say vrotswav for the shear hell of it

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try this website

The Billy Shears hell of it or the sheer hell of it? OK, vrotswov then

:-P

what are you saying the last vowel sound is?

Wow... how cool is that?? hours of fun :)

vrot-swov, we Wrocławiu would be like vrot-swav-eU, see the change?

It depends on what kind of English you speak.

An American 'o' is typically more like an English long 'a' (like in the word 'car')..
The American short 'a' (like in the word 'hat') is quite close to the English English short 'a', although tending slightly towards the English English short 'e'.

The Polish 'a' is roughly mid-way between both the English English and American English long and short 'a' sounds.

The accent in Potlatch, somewhere in the US - I really don't know, but that would be more relevent to the questioner here.

I imagine if you tell an American that the 'a' in 'Wrocław' is like an English 'a', they might interpret that as something that sounds more like a Polish 'e'.

Have I confused matters enough yet, or shall I go on?

no. Seanus's 'o' confused me more

Easily confused I c, LOL. Don't worry, I'll teach u vowel sounds if u like

im quite capable of reading phonetics if that would help

It's "Wrotzwaw" (but Breslau sounds much nicer) :)

Wrotzwaw, is this Hebrew?

please explain the change on the second vowel S, i havent noticed this before

P and K. Look at the word ptak. Non-natives really don't say this correctly. It has to be said quickly to give it its true sound

Zespół rockowy - how would one pronounce "rockowy" in Poland?

Is pronounced as the English word "rock" followed by -owy such that spelled as a pure Polish, it might be "rakowy"?

Is pronounced like the Polish word "rok" such as "rokowy?"
Or, do they say "rotzkowy?"

Where's the accent, second to last?

Thanks.

Probably [rok-oh-veh]

that's it


correct

rock has normal declension (Genitive rocka, Dative rockowi etc.)
rock'n'roll = rokenrol (stress on "en") (Genitve rock’n’rolla, also other cases accrodingly to Polish declension)
rock and roll = rokendrol (stress on "end"), also normal declension (Genitive rock and rolla and so on)
there's also the adjective rockandrollowy [pronounced as rokendrolowy, stress un the second last, as usual]

Are you sure??? I'd never stress the middle syllable!!! RokENrol? Sounds stupid! :/ I'd stress the last one.

No, I'm not :(
I'd also stress the last one, but I thought the tendency to stress the penultimate syllable was so strong in the modern Polish (for example most people don't respect the third-to-last rule in Latin words ending in -yka/-ika) that it would be how it's pronounced, unfortunatelly I can't find any info to confirm or deny this assumption of mine.