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Katty

4 Mar 2015

Language / How to learn the pronunciation of the Polish language? [16]

Merged: Advice on pronunciation exercises?

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I was wondering if any of you had advice on pronunciation exercises - I find that whilst I pronounce words correctly in my head, getting my mouth to form the sounds (e.g. bezprzewodowa) is exceedingly difficult!

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Katty

4 Mar 2015

Language / How to learn the pronunciation of the Polish language? [16]

Well, maybe not perfect, but I can make the different sounds quickly, whereas vocalising them I get tongue-tied as my mouth contorts to positions that I'm not used to using in English.

Katty

23 Mar 2015

Language / Consonant voicing and devoicing - Upodobnienia pod względem dźwięczności [3]

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I was wondering if someone could explain this concept to me, as I don't fully understand what my textbook is telling me. I know that in combination with other letters, written głoski i.e. rz will be softened to sz when next to another unvoiced consonant, like k, or p.. but there's a section in the book that says:

"Utrata dźwięczności to ubezdźwięczienie, nabycie dźwięczności to udźwięcznienie Warto jeszcze zapamiętać, że wszystkie upodobnienia wewnątrzwyrazowe pod względem dźwięczności są martwe."

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(sorry if this is already a thread, but i couldn't see it anywhere thus far :))