Przyczółkowa - Pronunciation question

How do you pronounce the Polish street name Przyczółkowa.

Please phonetically write how to say hello and thank you!

Thank you,

pchi chew kov a - accent on the 'kov', the 'i' in 'pchi' is 'i' as in 'win'

Very good indeed, if you’d like to sound like Helen Keller. LOL

Choose Polish and paste Przyczółkowa. The pronunciation is very good (Krzysztof has the best)

oddcast.com/home/demos/tts/tts_example.php

you couldn't have chosen more difficult street name to pronunce :) good luck

Hello = cześć
thank you = dziękuję
copy and paste into the text to speech program to hear them both

Don't be so silly. Though your past form here suggests you might find that a challenge.

Firstly the pronunciation suggestion is fine.

Secondly, I notice you don't offer any alternative.

Another way would be to split it into syllables, break it into smaller pieces.

Przyczółkowa

Przy-czół-ko-wa

Say wa first, then ko-wa, then czół-ko-wa and finally przyczółkowa.

translate.google.com/#pl/en/przycz%C3%B3%C5%82kowa

Absolutely, a very good approach. That's what I always practice with my friends. This way they are not getting scared, and quickly succeed. :-)

Fine? How’s so? It’s an approximation at best.


Why should I? To confuse the poor soul even more? There’s no way to do this phonetically in English, not make it sound silly in the process that is. Best way is to listen to a native and repeat it; otherwise you will always mispronounce words. As some have already suggested, if you don’t have the native to pronounce it for you, use an online synthesizer program, a lot closer than your approximate suggestion. Hat off for trying though.

PS. This was not a dig at you so there’s no need to be anal about it, simply pointing out the obvious fault in trying to do so. FFS man if you’re such a purist in regards to English language then the least you can do is to be consistent. Stop trying to do the impossible and stop being a butcher in regards to Polish.

There's the old story about a Glasgow policeman who arrested a felon in Sauchiehall street, and dragged the guy around the corner to a street that was easier to spell in his report.

The OP asked an innocent question and jon tried to help. So,


how's this?
prshe choo kova
I know, pathetic, but at least I tried to help.