Posts by martinwhiffen

martinwhiffen

15 Aug 2013

Language / Help with Polish Wedding vocabulary and phrases [9]

Hello

I am minister of Chorley United Reformed Church and am looking for some assistance, if you are able to give it.

I will be conducting a wedding on Saturday.
The groom is English, but the bride is Polish.

In order to make the Polish guests welcome, I would really like to be able to say the following parts of the service in Polish :

1) Good afternoon. Welcome to Chorley URC.
2) Who gives this woman to be married to this man?
3) The blessing of God Almighty, Father, Son and Holy Spirit will be with us all.

Please could anyone give me (in English spelling!) the Polish for those phrases for me to learn.

Many thanks for your help

Martin Whiffen

martinwhiffen

16 Aug 2013

Language / Help with Polish Wedding vocabulary and phrases [9]

Milawi, many thanks for your help.

The link to ivona is brilliant - I never thought of using a text to voice service.
Have had to break down the phrases into small chunks in order to distinguish the sounds.

It would be great to get the pronunciation perfect or else very close, but I don't think that will be possible in the timescale.

If I can get it good enough for a native speaker to understand that will be a start.

Many thanks

Martin

martinwhiffen

17 Aug 2013

Language / Help with Polish Wedding vocabulary and phrases [9]

Just to update you.

The wedding this afternoon was beautiful - everyone (including me) being given a buttonhole to wear on arrival.
Sweets etc were going to be thrown as the couple left the church, but it was raining so hard that they had to postpone that to the reception.

Apparently, I got the welcome and the blessing right, but my pronunciation of the giving away was slightly off. The attempt was appreciated though.

Many thanks for your help and if ever I am able to reciprocate in any way - maybe in providing a meeting venue - please let me know.

Best wishes

Martin