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    GRAMATYKA

    POLSKA
    WYMOWA ~ PRONUNCIATION

    Polish Alphabet
    International
    American
    Letter
    American English Example
    Phonetic
    English
    Alphabet
    Approximation

    Polish Example

    Aa

    ah

    as in father

    

    on

    (nasal vowel) as in the French


    s (they are)
    word bon

    Bb

    as in boy

    banan (banana)

    Cc

    ts

    as in bats or as in notes

    noc (night)

    robi (to do)

    fala (wave)

    ch

    soft/palatalized (tongue
    against roof of mouth), as in
    cheer (same pronunciation as
    "ci")

    Dd

    as in dog

    dobry (good)

    Ee

    eh

    as in met

    tekst (text)

    (nasal vowel) as in the French


    word fin; when "" is the final
    jzyk (language)
    letter of a word it tends to be
    pronounced like "e"

    

    en

    Ff

    as in fun

    fajka (pipe)

    Gg

    as in good

    gra (mountain)

    Hh

    kh

    as in the Scottish word loch


    (same pronunciation as "ch")

    handel (commerce)

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    Ii

    ee

    as in see

    lis (fox)

    Jj

    as in yes

    jutro (tomorrow)

    Kk

    as in kite

    krlik (rabbit)

    Ll

    as in last

    lampa (lamp)

    pronounced approximately
    like the English letter "w"

    may (small)

    Mm

    as in may

    mapa (map)

    Nn

    as in no

    noc (night)

    ni

    as in onion (same
    pronunciation as "ni")

    ko (horse)

    Oo

    as in no

    noga (leg)

    oo

    as in cool (same
    pronunciation as "u")

    smy (eighth)

    Pp

    as in pan

    praca (work)

    Qq

    only in foreign words, as in


    status quo

    Quo vadis? (a novel


    by Henryk
    Sienkiewicz)

    Rr

    as in room

    rano (morning)

    Ss

    as in sit

    sobota (Saturday)

    soft/palatalized (tongue
    against roof of mouth), as in
    sheet (same pronunciation as
    "si")

    roda (Wednesday)

    as in tap

    tam (there)

    as in cool (same
    pronunciation as "")

    ulica (street)

    sh

    Tt

    Uu

    oo

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    Vv

    only in foreign words, as in


    via

    via, vice versa

    Ww

    as in van

    wino (wine)

    Xx

    ks

    only in foreign words, as in


    Pax Romana

    Pax Romana

    Yy

    ih

    as in whim

    syn (son)

    Zz

    as in zoo

    zupa (soup)

    pno (late)

    ycie (life)

    zh

    soft/palatalized (tongue
    against roof of mouth), as in
    Indonesia (same
    pronunciation as "zi")

    zh

    hard/unpalatalized, as in
    measure

    Other Letter Combinations


    Letters

    ch

    American
    International
    American English Example
    Phonetic
    English
    Alphabet Approximation

    Polish Example

    kh

    as in the Scottish word loch


    (same pronunciation as "h")

    chleb (bread)

    ciao (body)

    ci

    ch

    soft/palatalized (tongue
    against roof of mouth), as in
    cheer (same pronunciation as
    "")

    cz

    t

    ch

    hard/unpalatalized, as in chair

    czas (time)

    dz

    dz

    as in pads

    dzwon (bell)

    dzi

    soft/palatalized, as in jeans
    (same pronunciation as "d")

    dziecko (child)

    soft/palatalized, as in jeans
    (same pronunciation as "dzi")

    dwik (sound)

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    d
    ni

    rz

    d

    hard/unpalatalized, as in jam
    (mainly found in words of
    foreign origin)

    dem (jam)

    ni

    as in onion (same
    pronunciation as "")

    niebo (sky)

    zh

    hard/unpalatalized, as in
    measure (same pronunciation
    as ""); note: on rare occasion
    morze (sea)
    the "r" and "z" are pronounced
    separately (marzn - to
    freeze)

    si

    sh

    soft/palatalized (tongue
    against roof of mouth), as in
    sheet (same pronunciation as
    "")

    sz

    sh

    hard/unpalatalized, as in show szynka (ham)

    zh

    soft/palatalized (tongue
    against roof of mouth), as in
    zielony (green)
    Indonesia (same pronunciation
    as "")

    zi

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    siedem (seven)

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