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"nazywam sie" to introduce yourself.


Darrell j  1 | 2  
18 Mar 2011 /  #1
Can someone confirm that if you use "nazywam sie" to introduce yourself then you should give your surname but if you use "JESTEM" then you should give your first name. Also how do you pronounce "jestem" ? Thanx
JonnyM  11 | 2607  
18 Mar 2011 /  #2
That's fairly normal. Jestem is easy to pronounce - yestem. Accent on the first syllable.
cinek  2 | 347  
18 Mar 2011 /  #3
"nazywam sie" to introduce yourself then you should give your surname but if you use "JESTEM" then you should give your first name.

Nazywam się requires the surname, but you can also give both first and surname (the latter is just required, the former is optional).
"Jestem" means "I am" and you can give anything or anyone you are ;-)
If you want to give just your first name you can say: "Mam na imię ..." which means "My first name is...."

Cinek
OP Darrell j  1 | 2  
18 Mar 2011 /  #4
"PieknE or pieknA" ? Whats the difference and how to pronounce them. Also how do you pronounce "mam na imie" ? Thanks
Cardno85  31 | 971  
18 Mar 2011 /  #5
"PieknE or pieknA" ? Whats the difference and how to pronounce them

Pronounce it like it looks, but the e is actually ę so it has more of an "en" sound (not exactly, but it's the easiest way to explain).
frd  7 | 1379  
18 Mar 2011 /  #6
Hi, you can use ivona.com to check the pronunciation, enter whatever you wanna hear into the textbox on the right and hit play..
cinek  2 | 347  
18 Mar 2011 /  #7
"PieknE or pieknA" ? Whats the difference

Piękne - singular neuter or plural non-personal masc.
Piękna - singular feminine

:-)

Cinek
plk123  8 | 4119  
19 Mar 2011 /  #8
Pronounce it like it looks, but the e is actually ę

just the first e.. and A ending is feminine and the E is neuter

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