Polish Language Pronunciation - Example Words and Phrases

How can we hear them?

Ive got headset and other technique sh*ts ^^
Even my austrian friend can say "cześć" without any problems;p
Michał, ure a Pole as i suppose so u dont need my help. Im trying to convince german_siema
Im talking over skype a lot of time, so u can add me anyway if u want O.o

that sounds really cool! although i can say czesz already:) and a few other things^^
i'll think about that and then i'll contact you alright:)

yeah, take ur time LOL :D

Polish Lessons Units - Try this thread

Merged:A Compendium o Polish alphabet and pronunciation

Hi all,

I made a compendium of the polish alphabet (borrowed pieces of information here and there), and I was wondering if I got it right. Can anyone skim through it and comment on it please? (and anyone please feel free to use it for your own benefit of course).

c = ts as in cats
e = e as in spelling
g = hard g as in game
i = ee as in creep
j = y as in yes
o = o as in blog
s = s as in silk
u = oo as in moose
w = v as in vowel
y = i as in sit
ą = nasal o as in own
ć = soft ch as in cheap
ę = nasal e as in en
ł = w as in way
ń = soft n as in onion
ó = oo as in moose
ś = soft sh as in she
ź = soft zh asin azure
ż = hard zh as in zhivago
au = ow as in oh no!
ch = h as in h
ci = chea as in cheap
cz = ch as in chip
dź = g as in gene
dzi = ge as in geronimo
dż = j as in john
eu = ehw as in ..ehm.. ehw?
rz = hard zh as in zhivago
si = shee as in sheep
sz = hard sh as in ship
zi = soft zh as in azure

Kind regards,

Maurits

What about the rest of the alphabet?

No, that is not right. It is more like the 'a' in the English word 'sawmill' with a longish a sound. It is deffinitly not the 'o' sound in own.


More like the 'ou' in the word out.

Thanks for the correction!

Maurits

Hi Zgubiony,

Ehm....what rest? :)

These are all the sounds that are dissimilar to the pronounciation like in english... Am I wrong and are there more I should be aware of?...then please specify wich ones!

Thanks for the reply

Maurits

So far, I see these missing:

a- ah
ć- check
dz-adds

Thanks for adding to it!

Maurits

Merged: Help to pronounce naughty Polish word

zerznij mnie- can some one tell me how to pronounce that word in english? please and thank you

Hmm...is there a point on the "z" ?...

we can try but that's all we can do, because that sound doesn't exist in English...first you have to roll that "r" and then right after that comes that funky z that sounds something like the g in the french name Serge-so it would like zeh-r(rolled)(french g)-knee mnieh...that's the closest youll get-sorry!

besides, a nice girl like you shouldn't be talking like that....

Now i'm curious, what does that mean ? ;)

bluntly put, "F*ck me hard"

no


or "zh" as in Brezhnev

or similar to the sound you have in English in: treasure, measure, pleasure etc.


yes! (zerżnij)

Merged: Lewandowski pronunciation

How is this name pronounced? Is there a silent "J" or...? Thanks.

leyVan - dowskee

Is it ever different for other ethnicities?

not to sure but the key thing here is that in polish there is no V but W is pronounced as the english v

where is there supposed to be a "j"? The name in Poland is pronounced Leh-vahn-dohvski

I thought the "J" may have taken place of the "L". Thank you.

Merged: Raczkowski name - please help me with pronunciation!

Could someone please phonetically spell out for me both how to (correctly, the true Polish way) my family name, Raczkowski? And also "Szczescie jest pomiedzy ustami i brzegiem kielicha", which I was led to believe means "Happiness is between the lips and the rim of the glass"?

Thanks so much!

Name =Raczkowski - Rachkofski

szczęście jest pomiędzy ustami i brzegiem kielicha.

shche-ooshchyeh yest pomiend-zy oostami bzegee-em ( bz as in treasure) kee-eliha.

Merged: How to pronounce kawe?

Is this really pronounced as Ka-ve? not Ka-fe?!

Polish waitress in my favourite cafe so assitance or any useful phrases would be appreciated!

jenkuje!
A

Do you mean Kawa - coffee?

You can say "kawę" as in "proszę kawę" meaning "coffee please" :)

Thanks, yes I mean coffee, but is W pronounced as an English V even in this context?

Wary of pronunciation after my experience with German. Speak good German, but initially learned phonetics very badly....partially due to my teacher and partially also because I simply didn't focus on it!..determined not to let that happen with Polish!