Polish names spelling and pronunciation

How do you pronounce the name Zdzisia?

I am 7 months pregnant and I love the name Zdzisia but i dont know how to pronounce it can someone please help me!

zjee:shah

it is an approximation 'cause a couple of sounds in question do not exist in English language

ee: is shorter than usual in English

btw Zdzisia is a pet/short name for Zdzisława (zjee:swavah)

Z-dzjee-shaa.

:)

If it makes any sense to you!

Thank you so much!

if i'm not mistaken, i think it's originally spelled '-dzisia' or 'Żdzisia', and pronounced like zh-jee-shah

no. Its spelled Zdzisia. You're pronounciation is acceptable (many people pronounce it like "-dzisia", but never "Żdzisia") but it's more a quoloqial mumble than the proper and clear pronounciation. "Z" like "z" and there's dzi (more less like English "j" but more softer) and "sia" (more less like shia pronounced in one syllabe)

Merged: Correct spelling of Zuzka?

I want to know how to spell my friend's name properly without asking her. It sounds like 'Zushka', but I'm wondering how that would be spelt properly. Thanks in advance.

Zośka?

Or Zuźka (Zuza, Zuzka, Zuzanna).

Possible but I never heard this diminutive in real life. :):):)

Wait, tomorrow I am having a lesson with Sue, I will ask her.

Merged: futza (spelled phonetically in English)

My Grandmother and Aunt called me this when I was a little girl. Does anyone know what this might mean? Thanks!

The closest thing in my dictionary is "fuzja", shotgun. Probably not what you're looking for.

In case it helps, it sounds like it might be a plural form.

Merged: Pronunciation help, how do I pronounce the name Kryssa in Polish?

Hello, I have a question as to how to pronounce the name Kryssa, abbreviated from Krystyna. I am unsure as to whether the double s would be pronounced simply as "sa" (as in the word sat), or whether it would be pronounced as "sh".

As I have no knowledge of the Polish language, any help would be appreciated.
Thanks.

Wrong, abbreviation from Krystyna is Krysia.

you can approximate the Polish pronunciation with English Krisha - you won't go any nearer the correct Polish pronunciation without years of experience - the sound ś that is present in Krysia is not present in English phonetics

Exactly.

It isn't precise, and it doesn't help that the OP doesn't say where he's from, but a step in the right direction (if he speaks UK English) would be

Hi I'm wondering if someone could explain to me how to pronounce the name Macik in English for me please.

I think you mean Maciek.
Closest pronunciation is Ma - check.

Merged: My son's best girlfriend - Krzysztof name help

Hi everyone! I'm hoping someone can help me pronounce my son's 6 year old best girl friend's last name. The kids have known each other through daycare for their whole lives and our families have spent a few evenings together this summer. Their family has been super sweet and invited us to their family birthday parties and such and while I'm not quite ready to purchase Rosetta Stone I would like to at least get their last name down.

The father who we call "Chris" is Krzysztof Swirydowicz. Can someone please help me out?

Go to google translate, copy paste this: krzysztof świrydowicz choose polish and tap speaker. It's pretty acurate. Take care.

Majkel_temp: Thank you!

How would you pronounce the last name Chrabaszcz?

forvo.com/search/chrab%c4%85szcz

1. chra -> hra - should be easy
2. bą -> bon - nasal, like bon in Portugese (for example bon dia)
3. szcz -> shch - both sh and ch must be heard separately


in Portugese it's actually bom dia, not bon dia, but it's almost the same; bon dia is in Catalan

But you have "bon" also for example in French.

I found out, last night, that my last name is actually "Brzek." It was changed to Brink, for some reason...? How is Brzek pronounced in Poland?