Key:Polish pronunciation respelling: Difference between revisions
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| ''oo'' || as in ''b'''oo'''t'', only shorter || ''ó, u'' || [ u ] | | ''oo'' || as in ''b'''oo'''t'', only shorter || ''ó, u'' || [ u ] | ||
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| ''wye'' || as the name of the letter Y || ''łaj'' || [ waj ] | |||
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Most Polish consonants are quite easy to pronounce on their own. The trouble is that they tend to cluster in ways in which they never do in English. | Most Polish consonants are quite easy to pronounce on their own. The trouble is that they tend to cluster in ways in which they never do in English. | ||
Let's take ''wstrząs'' (meaning "shock"), for example. It | Let's take ''wstrząs'' (meaning "shock"), for example. It may look like a mouthful and I'm not going to lie to you: it is one. In our respelling scheme, it becomes {{pron|f s t sh aw n s|link=no}}, which is still rather daunting. It may help to insert very short ''uh'' sounds in between the consonants, as in {{pron|fuh·suh·tuh·<u>shawns</u>|link=no}}. But keep in mind that, ideally, this should be pronounced as only one syllable. | ||
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| rowspan=2 | ''ch, tch'' | | rowspan=2 | ''ch, tch'' | ||
| rowspan=2 | as in '''''ch'''ur'''ch''''' | | rowspan=2 | as in '''''ch'''ur'''ch''''' | ||
| ''cz'' | | <span id="ch">''cz''</span> | ||
| [ t͡ʂ ] | | [ t͡ʂ ] | ||
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| ''R'' || as in how Americans pronounce ''be'''tt'''er'' or how Scots pronounce ''so'''rr'''y'' || ''r'' || [ ɾ, r ] | | ''R'' || as in how Americans pronounce ''be'''tt'''er'' or how Scots pronounce ''so'''rr'''y'' || ''r'' || [ ɾ, r ] | ||
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| ''s, ss'' || as in '''''s'''au'''c'''e'' || ''s'' || [ | | ''s, ss'' || as in '''''s'''au'''c'''e'' || ''s'' || [ s ] | ||
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| rowspan=2 | ''sh'' | | rowspan=2 | ''sh'' | ||
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| ''t'' || as ''s'''t'''ay'' || ''t'' || [ t̪ ] | | ''t'' || as ''s'''t'''ay'' || ''t'' || [ t̪ ] | ||
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| ''tch'' | |||
| colspan=3 | see ''[[#ch|ch]]'' | |||
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| ''ts'' || as in ''do'''ts''''' || ''c'' || [ t͡s ] | | ''ts'' || as in ''do'''ts''''' || ''c'' || [ t͡s ] | ||
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| ''tsh'' || as in ''ho'''tsh'''ot'' || ''trz'' || [ | | ''tsh'' || as in ''ho'''tsh'''ot'' || ''trz'' || [ t̪ ʂ ] | ||
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| ''v'' || as in '''''v'''ie'' || ''w'' || [ v ] | | ''v'' || as in '''''v'''ie'' || ''w'' || [ v ] | ||
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| ''y'' || as in '''''y'''a'''y''''' || ''i, j'' || [ j ] | | ''y'' || as in '''''y'''a'''y''''' || ''i, j'' || [ j ] | ||
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| ''z'' || as in '''''z'''oo'' || ''z'' || [ | | ''z'' || as in '''''z'''oo'' || ''z'' || [ z ] | ||
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| rowspan=2 | ''zh'' | | rowspan=2 | ''zh'' | ||
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=== Examples === | === Examples === | ||
See if it gets any easier. If you want to listen to how these | See if it gets any easier. If you want to listen to how these examples should be pronounced, then [https://translate.google.com/?sl=pl&tl=en&text=baba%20czekoladowa%3B%0Agroch%20z%20kapust%C4%85%0Aciasto%20rabarbarowe%3B%0Apiwo%20z%20sokiem%20malinowym%3B%0Aw%C3%B3dka%20%C5%BCo%C5%82%C4%85dkowa%20gorzka%3B%0A%C5%9Bwi%C4%85teczny%20barszcz%20z%20uszkami%3B%0Achleb%20pszenno-%C5%BCytni%3B%0A%C4%87wik%C5%82a%20z%20chrzanem%3B%0A%C5%BAd%C5%BAb%C5%82o%20%C5%BCubr%C3%B3wki%3B%0AW%20Szczebrzeszynie%20chrz%C4%85szcz%20brzmi%20w%20trzcinie.&op=translate click here] and then on the speaker button on the right. | ||
* ''baba czekoladowa'' (chocolate Bundt cake) | * ''baba czekoladowa'' (chocolate Bundt cake) | ||