W Szczebrzeszynie chrząszcz brzmi w trzcinie

does anyone else have trouble with blending the "w" along with "szcz"? thats my only problem;)

i dont have any problems with that... lol

For me it sounds like an F sound...

Like when you've had a few drinks and you've lost all your vowels and you want to say "Fish n chips..."

the w is the trouble? lol

no, i don't have trouble with pronouncing the Polish "w" or "szcz" its just putting them together that's hard for me:S. strange i know

by golly i'll definitely give you points for that its damn close with out the n. i would nt have thought of that one.

bravo as well:D

fish-n-chipseszynie chrząszcz brzmi w trzcinie

I have problems with the "szcz brzmi." The first part isn't so bad for me

i think i have seen this spoken on a youtube video ......

yeah its at the end of this where he says it hope that helps

you need to turn up the volume at the end to hear it

It is. 'Sz' and 'cz''are voiceless, so 'w' becomes voiceless, too. In most languages you have processes like that, only English speakers make themselves more problems and do not devoice sounds.

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Please help me translate this paragraph.W Szczebrzeszynie chrząszcz brzmi

W Szczebrzeszynie chrząszcz brzmi w trzcinie i Szczebrzeszyn z tego słynie.
Żółte żaby żałośliwie żalą się żółwiowi, że żółtodzioby żuraw z Żywca zamiast żyta żaby żre.

Can somebody translate this to English for me? My friend sent it to me in an email and she won't tell me what it means!!!

Please help!! :)

got search?

something about beetles and reeds, basically they're both tongue twisters so they probably won't make much sense in English either

you mean like a translator? I've tried translators on line they're not much help!

no, search around here... i think maybe the "tongue twister thread.

Cool thanks! At least now I know she's not making fun of me when she knows I can't speak polish!

"In the town of__________________, a beetle buzzes among the reeds."

"chrzaszcz" is translated into English as "maybug" or "cockchafer"
I can say it though I am Ukrainian, but this is probably one of the most difficult tongue-twisters ever.

I don't know of a language which has THE most difficult tongue-twister. Polish's certainly up there though. English: "Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.." doesn't exactly just roll off my tongue either (an English native speaker) any more than German: "Fischers Fritze fischt frische Fische.." etc. etc.., even if I grew up nearly bilingual in both languages.

Try Mandarin, the story of Shi eating the Lions:)

Regrettably, black eyes, I don't know Chinese, so I couldn't say. Take your word for it though-:) LOL

yellowbridge.com/onlinelit/stonelion.php