pronounce "Kocham Cię"

loo BA (as in Baracus) che

actually its siad like

Yatchee Co Ham

like yatzee, but chee in stead.. then Co. like company, and Hum, like Bah Humbug

Koh-haa-mm ...the polish 'Ci' in 'Cie' is similar to how you'd pronounce the 'Ch' in 'Chair'...

Koh-haa-mm Ch-eh!!!!!!!!!!! (try saying that a lil faster and you'll be pretty much right on)

note: you'll learn better listening to a person pronouncing it since there are unique soundings for some polish letters (ę, £, ą, ń, ć, etc.) This is the most accurate way you will learn, by hearing another person saying it the right way!

For "Lubię Cię" (I like you), it's pronounced:

loob/ lub-yeh-ch-eh...the 'yeh' is like saying the 'ye' in the english word 'yes' or 'yell'.

Get ready for the BIG one...

"i like you and would like to get to know you better, maybe we go for a coffee sometime?"

"Lubię Cię i chcia£abym Cie lepiej poznać, może poszlibyśmy kiedyś na kawę?"

Pronounced:

Lub-yeh ch-eh i (' i ' like saying, but not sounding, the letter 'e' in english) hcha-wha-bhm ch-eh lep-yay poz-nach ('ch' as in 'chair'), mo-zeh posh-lee-bysh-myh ('myh' like the 'my' in 'mystery') kyed-ish na ka-weh?

*Sorry if it seems like too much to take in but it doesn't get any easier, trust me* =)

"You Are Sweet"

"Ty Jestesz Słodki" (for male)...
"Ty Jestesz Słodka" (for female)

Pronounced: Th Yes-tesh Swot-kee (male)/ Swotkah (female)

"You Are Nice" (for nice personality, but can also be meant for nice looking)

Polish:"Ty Jestesz £adny (m)/ £adna (f)"

[b]'Nice' Pronounced: "...Whad-nh (for male)/ Whad-nah" (for female)

Miłość to

Hello,

Does anyone know what this means?
probably has some spelling mistakes... :(

Veláss có tek ná puó tek i merú ga
Fái ná tá piá sen cá nié du ga
é du gá nié crut cá tác samráss
có tétch cú iéchetérass
záchepiévai
có tetchcú

its not Polish

Thanks,

I really thought it was... with a lot of spelling mistakes :(
(for pronunciation)

Any idea what it might be?

I was told that "có tetchcú" is "kitten"
and "có ham tché" is "I love you"

I guess these are not correct either?!...

Wlazł kotek na płotek i mruga
£adna to piosenka, nie długa.
Nie długa, nie krótka, lecz w sam raz
Zaśpiewaj, koteczku, jeszcze raz.

A kitten climbed onto a fence. It's a nice song, not very long. Not long and not short, just right, sing it again, kitten.

A very popular children song.


You bet :)

WOW!!!

That's funny... I was totally off.

Thanks for your help ;)

how do you pronounce it ??????????!!!!!!!!!!!!
i have a friend who's polish and i need it now it
is almost valentine's day!!!

Co ck-hamch air-eh -w ater[/font]

co-ham ch-eh-w

All I saw on the front page due to its limited function was "Cock-ham chair" and if I said that to my wife, the best response would be, "okay darling haven't tried that before, let's go" but more likely would be a slap round the face lol

lolzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz...trying to reproduce Polish pronunciation in English is sooooo tricky...

That's because English has such a stupid spelling system.

koh-hahm cheh

The kocham cię bit was at the end................but maybe the giraffe had the right idea, build it up slowly and see how things are going.

If all goes well you can always take it to the next level. Ignore me, I am only jealous. Best of luck.

shouldn't it be "kocham ciebie"?

After verb you should rather use shorter form of personal pronoun. That doesn't mean you can't use longer form, but in most cases it sounds awkward.

I think I am hearing 2 different pronunciations for the "Cię".
The first sounds like "Che" or "Chair"
The second sounds like "Cha-ong" or "Charm".
Which is correct - or what is the difference in these two pronunications for "Cię"?

there is only one


neither of those

There's one. Don't confuse it with 'czy' or 'Ci' which are different words.

Cię sounds a bit like 'chyie'.

Thank you for your explanation.
I sometimes hear people pronounce it with a slight "m" sound at the end - like "chyiem". Is this the wrong pronunciation?

It isn't wrong, but it isn't universal either. It certainly sounds eloquent. Nowadays it depends on the person speaking.

Again, thank you very much for exlaining.
May I ask whether you are Polish?

No, there are at least three (Polish speakers are liable to hear them all the same but non-native speakers are liable to notice the differences)

cię = as written with the nasal diphthong (in linguistic terms the vowel /e/ followed by a nasalized /w/ (ł) offglide)

cię = the offglide is dropped and the vowel /e/ is slightly nasalized

cie - what most people say most of the time though this form is not normally used (even to indicate informal dialogue)

Thank you. That is a helpful explanation.

should be: though this form is not normally used in writing